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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 447339, member: 2844"]You can also use a loupe to verify if it is jade, which I agree is very likely, but I always want to be sure. </p><p>Looking at jade through a loupe you can see irregular crinkly structures which look like wool threads from a torn jumper. Rather messy looking, but that is what you want.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think you got a very good deal, whatever the age. Jade doesn't have to be antique to be beautiful. It is gorgeous, although I am having a little trouble seeing the design in all the contrast. That is just my funny eyes though.</p><p>Being antique would add an extra dimension to it, but then again, many of those intricate pieces are 20th-21st century. I also buy them if the price is right, they are a marvel in their own right.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 447339, member: 2844"]You can also use a loupe to verify if it is jade, which I agree is very likely, but I always want to be sure. Looking at jade through a loupe you can see irregular crinkly structures which look like wool threads from a torn jumper. Rather messy looking, but that is what you want.;) I think you got a very good deal, whatever the age. Jade doesn't have to be antique to be beautiful. It is gorgeous, although I am having a little trouble seeing the design in all the contrast. That is just my funny eyes though. Being antique would add an extra dimension to it, but then again, many of those intricate pieces are 20th-21st century. I also buy them if the price is right, they are a marvel in their own right.[/QUOTE]
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