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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 571081, member: 2844&quot;]I was taught that true nephrite jade, which many antique jades are, cannot be dyed, the dye would stay on the surface. Jadeite jade can, but the kind of jades you are interested in wouldn&#039;t be jadeite.</p><p>To test if your pieces are jade, a good start is to buy a gem tester, there are some relatively cheap ones. Another way is to look through a loupe for tiny structures that look like twisted wire.</p><p>As I said, many &#039;jades&#039; are not actually jade, those are the ones that are likely to be dyed. I think [USER=1496]@Hollyblue[/USER] can explain the process and possible testing for dyed stone better than I can.</p><p><br /></p><p>This looks like a very nice piece of jade, btw:</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/20190410_165328_compress_87-jpg.173048/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These could be serpentine, which can have a Mohs hardness of up to 6, which is something to keep in mind when testing for jade. Nephrite is 6-6.5 on the Mohs scale. Serpentine does not have the twisted wire structures.</p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/20190410_170521_compress_66-jpg.173059/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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