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<p>[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 9845, member: 201"]Johnny, you might want to see if you can show the piece to someone in person and get an expert opinion. Serpentine and jadeite can look very similar, and jadeite is a form of actual jade while serpentine is not.</p><p><br /></p><p>"The name jade has been, and continues to be, applied to a variety of materials that superficially or closely resemble jade but are not composed of either jadeite or nephrite. F.T.C. regulations in this country deem such usage unlawful, yet the practice persists, either through ignorance or otherwise. Some of the problem can undoubtedly be traced to cultural and historical differences in word usage. In China, for example, the word jade has traditionally been applied not only to nephrite and jadeite jade, but to green serpentine and soapstone (talc) whose appearance closely resemble true jade. Common misnomers and the materials they represent are: "Korean" Jade for serpentine or gem serpentine (bowenite), "Indian" Jade for aventurine, "Mexican Jade" for green-dyed calcite, "Transvaal Jade" for green hydrogrossular garnet, "Amazon or Colorado Jade" for amazonite (blue-green or green) feldspar and "Oregon or Swiss Jade" for green chalcedony."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/347k/redesign/gem_notes/jade/jade_main.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/347k/redesign/gem_notes/jade/jade_main.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/347k/redesign/gem_notes/jade/jade_main.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pat P, post: 9845, member: 201"]Johnny, you might want to see if you can show the piece to someone in person and get an expert opinion. Serpentine and jadeite can look very similar, and jadeite is a form of actual jade while serpentine is not. "The name jade has been, and continues to be, applied to a variety of materials that superficially or closely resemble jade but are not composed of either jadeite or nephrite. F.T.C. regulations in this country deem such usage unlawful, yet the practice persists, either through ignorance or otherwise. Some of the problem can undoubtedly be traced to cultural and historical differences in word usage. In China, for example, the word jade has traditionally been applied not only to nephrite and jadeite jade, but to green serpentine and soapstone (talc) whose appearance closely resemble true jade. Common misnomers and the materials they represent are: "Korean" Jade for serpentine or gem serpentine (bowenite), "Indian" Jade for aventurine, "Mexican Jade" for green-dyed calcite, "Transvaal Jade" for green hydrogrossular garnet, "Amazon or Colorado Jade" for amazonite (blue-green or green) feldspar and "Oregon or Swiss Jade" for green chalcedony." [url]http://www.geo.utexas.edu/courses/347k/redesign/gem_notes/jade/jade_main.htm[/url][/QUOTE]
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