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<p>[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 75885, member: 118"]Real jade are only jadeite and nephrite. </p><p>By not carved by hand I guess you mean the piece was worked with power tools.</p><p>Jade was never really "carved".</p><p>The only method of working it is to grind away the unwanted portion with an abrasive. Early jadesmith used tubular bamboo grinders and strings moistened with fine, wet sand as an abrasive. They used lap wheels, diamond drills, wire saws and othet tools. Later, they used emery as abrasive and now carborundum together with power tools.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 75885, member: 118"]Real jade are only jadeite and nephrite. By not carved by hand I guess you mean the piece was worked with power tools. Jade was never really "carved". The only method of working it is to grind away the unwanted portion with an abrasive. Early jadesmith used tubular bamboo grinders and strings moistened with fine, wet sand as an abrasive. They used lap wheels, diamond drills, wire saws and othet tools. Later, they used emery as abrasive and now carborundum together with power tools.[/QUOTE]
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