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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2807745, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome Paron.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are right. I am sorry I don&#039;t have better news for your girlfriend&#039;s father, but they are both fakes. Maybe a small consolation, Hongshan pieces are rarely found in private collections. There are not many Hongshan jades, and nearly all are in museums.</p><p>I do think they are both jade. Nephrite jade can come in many colours.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hongshan jades are very smooth, like most ancient stone artifacts. The pitting on the jades you posted is caused artificially, by acid. It suggests a kind of erosion which Hongshan pieces don&#039;t have.</p><p>I also see fake calcification, kind of rough looking. Natural calcification is part of the stone, and as smooth as the rest of the stone.</p><p>The holes on Hongshan jades are tapering and irregular, and they never have drill lines. The holes on the genuine ones are worn perfectly smooth from having been worn on thongs or cords.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hongshan pieces are always very attractive, and the fakes are too. I hope he can enjoy them anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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