JADE and JADEITE - PHOTOS ONLY - NO CHAT!!

[Faithgrace7]

Here all mine bangles under 500 I think they are great to study with, I don't think I'm gonna wear them much
Pic 1 nice green, little dry, lots pores,
Has 11mm long crack, that why it was $420

This one from UJ $280 has lots crack lines can feel with my finger, dry n huge grain@@


pic 3 bangle DH bough it in China from business trip 10 years ago
Jade shop in Beijing lied to him it grade A !! But It is 100% Grade B+C @@ $320

 

[Faithgrace7]

beans ground and beans color, has very nice green color without seed(means dry looking and big grains ), carving in general, prices in 1300-1800 yuan
usd 300 around year 2009
http://www.zbzixun.com/qa/index_699.jhtml

 

[Faithgrace7]

Taro ground and bean color,nice green color priced in 6000-8000 yuan
usd 1.5k on year 2009

 

[Faithgrace7]

GRADE A jadeite bangle, bean ground, color look ok, little on the dark side, 4500 yuan
usd 850 on year 2009

What bean ground means ?
Bean kind(or ground), is a very image of the title, we know that Jade is a polycrystalline, if the composition of emerald crystal thick, such as greater than one millimeter will easily seen by the naked eye, most thick emerald crystals are short column, when these short columnar crystals when the boundary is clear, looks like a grain of mung bean, so called bean kind or( ground).

***** "Ten Green nine beans" can be seen in the breadth of the bean seeds, beans can be further divided into: jelly beans, ice beans, fine beans, coarse beans .. so the value of the same high-grade beans is a lot of money.

 

[Faithgrace7]

Here one more bean ground with vivid nice green bangle,but seem little dry and not very translucent, 15000 yuan
usd 2.5k on year 2009

Even it little dry but today is really hard to find such nice positive vivid green color and nice price... if u do find some, price over 5k or higher ...

http://www.zbzixun.com/member/reDoc.jspx?consultId=7145

 

[Faithgrace7]

Yellow color appears to be dyed, whether and (hetian) nephrite, is hard to say, because of Qinghai, Russia has also produced nephrite.

What is Hetian nephrite jade ?
Hetian Nephrite is mined in the high altitude Kunlun Mountains (4500 m) in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of north-western China, near the Mongolian and Russian boarder. Chinese Hetian nephrite is nearing depletion due to over mining, and as such it has become very valuable. In ancient times, one could follow the rivers upstream and find the valuable 'river jade' along the banks. However, it is all but gone without climbing to very high altitudes. The river jade is also referred to as jade pebbles or boulders. Hetian is consider to be 'hard jade' with a hardness of 6.5 on the moe scale (harder than steel).

Nephrite is softer than the natural jadeite stone. High purity and texture is produced in Hetian from Xinjiang. It has a glass - oil sheen like shades. It proportion of minerals is in between 2.80 - 3.10, and Mohs hardness around 6 - 6.5. It’s color due to the presence of different mineral composition can present in pure white to mist dark and other colors. It is the toughness in jade stone and is not easily to damage. In addition, the community is popular so-called "China's four famous jade" which are Hetian jade, Turquoise, Xiuyan jade and Dushan jade. However, only Hetian jade and Xiuyan jade are truly belong to Nephrite in mineralogy.
http://www.asian-arts.net/hetian/jade.html
http://www.hkja.com.hk/en/about_jade.php

 

[Faithgrace7]

I notice all my bangles have pores, bangle with fine grain has tiny pores hard to see with naked eyes, and bangle with big grain has bigger pores. It ok to has some pores on the jade as long they are not spider web linked pores, they are real GRADE A.
If u really want to have peace of mind better buy jadeite with certify, or send off ur jadeite to test!

here couple pics GRADE A jadeite bangle 12000yuan (usd 2k) on year 2009
You can see one pic below has pores.

 

[Faithgrace7]

this one is icy kind with floating flowers 8000 yuan (usd1.5k) on year 2009

what icy kind of jade ?
transparency and head slightly inferior to glass types, their name means, like ice transparent, who often charge high quality glass types for sale are high-grade jade. Icy kind has really good fine grain, moist look, and watery.

 

[Faithgrace7]

GRADE B jadeite bangle

 

[Faithgrace7]

Wearing white bangle from DT 57mm
Sometime it look like has tiny very light lavender


My favor bangles really love them
Heehee both bangles from DT too

 

[Faithgrace7]

GRADE A glass kind with some floating flowers, 250000 yuan
usd around 41k @@ wow on year 2009
http://www.zbzixun.com/member/reDoc.jspx?consultId=6735

 

[Junkenpo]

These photos came out nice, so I thought I'd post more of my red-yellow skin carved bangle. It has a dragon, ruyi, and coins carved onto it. I noticed that the width actually tapers... wider where the dragon is, narrower on the opposite. It is grade A. Some red jade have had their reds darkened or brightened by being subjected to heating. This usually affects the jade by drying it and making it more opaque, possibly making it more brittle.... but because it is not being dyed or bleached or injected, it would still be graded as "A" jade. Based on the color, moisture, and translucency of my piece, I don't think it has been heated. $450 from jade-los-angeles, 2014; inner-diameter 48.5mm

 

[Junkenpo]

The width and shape of your bangle can affect the fit, making it easier or harder to slide over the knuckles if you prefer a small fit. Princess rounds and narrower width "D" shape bangles with the flat inner rim can be easier to take off than wider widths, as there is less material in contact with the skin. If choosing an oval shape, go up in diameter from what you usually wear.

The flexiblity and fleshiness of your hand also affects ease of putting on and taking off. Use of lotion or a thin plastic bag or pantyhose to reduce friction can help.

This is my 2nd bangle from Ultimate Jadeite, I call her "Pale Lavender" as she shows hints of lavender in low light situations, but mostly looks whitish or grey-ish. 51mm inner diameter and 16mm width. $225 discounted as there is a surface fissure line, which the seller photographed and disclosed in the auction.I have found the bangle is still very strong.

RE: "If you can get it on, you can get it off" caveat:

I can get this on/off my left wrist without lotion, but it is easier with. I forced it onto my right wrist once, and could not remove it for 2 weeks as my right hand is much less flexible and much more fleshy. I had to resort to icing my hand till it was numb, slather it with lotion and using the edge of a counter for leverage and my body weight to pull my hand loose. I had deep bruises/nerve pain for weeks after.

1mm can make a huge difference as I can get Smoke (52.2) on/off easily with lotion.

Seller photo:

My photos:

With Princess and a VCA vintage alhambra onyx/yg 5 motif

healed fissure line

 

[Faithgrace7]

Drooling just for look top quality GRADE A jadeite

 

[Faithgrace7]

Love to have one these Imperial Green ring don't you ?
lovely pics to drool over