You beat me to it… I was typing as you posted, lol.
No you wouldn’t want that… jadeite because of its structure I could be wrong but I don’t think you get shards and splinters exactly but more of a...
It seems a little crazy to us but the jade is considered protection and in an accident the jade will break protecting the person wearing it… so...
Of course it is next to impossible to identify jadeite from photographs but these look a lot like Dushan Jade, and because of the price I would be...
The second example and maybe the first too I’d be very suspicious of the color and clarity of the bangle for $99 has to be either treated or some...
Also, It could be a child’s bangle, it may or may not be the same quality as this example but you can see the size comparison.[ATTACH]
Do a specific gravity test that might tell you, nephrite SG is usually between 2.90 and 3.04 Jadeite SG runs between 3.25 and 3.36
Yes thank you, it is exactly 32mm in diameter.
I posted this on another jade forum and a member there who spends their free time studying jade carvings by microscope identifying the age of...
Nice score
Gold right now is a little under $89g white best quality Hetian $1000g not including the Qing dynasty attribution. but this is not the most...
Myself included in that pack of clueless sellers on occasion. I think I might have thrown a sizable piece of that white river jade in the dirt at...
This I think is a chair from the palace collection superimposed over our friends chair the curve of the arms and other details are very similar...
The white jade mostly goes unrecognized here, my river pebble a piece of the best you could find in China every jade shop I venture into they are...
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