In Xinjiang, real Gobi jade is no different from Hetian seed material. The compositional components of Gobi jade and seed jade are exactly the same.
The first type of Gobi seed jade: So-called Gobi seed jade forms when the branches of the Yurungkash River, the Karakax River, and the Yarkand River dry up to form a Gobi desert. The seed jade then undergoes wind and sun exposure in a waterless environment, absorbing the essence of the sun and moon to form. In fact, Gobi seed jade is rarer than water-eroded seed jade. People in Xinjiang revere Gobi seed jade mutton fat jade as more sacred than river-eroded mutton fat jade. I want to reiterate: Gobi jade is not the rotten quartzite they claim it to be. And...