Qn on jade bangle

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BittyMonkey said:
Can I get some help? I'm a noob and this is my first jade purchase. I bought this in SF Chinatown. It's supposedly Grade A. View attachment 2303434View attachment 2303435

I can try and take an daylight picture later. I'm lousy at telling what the structure should look like. There are a couple of rough spots, I took a picture of one. The dark spot is spinach color, not black.
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This looks untreated to me :smile1:
 
#303
mspillow said:
i'm just curious - cos I noticed most of you prefer the lighter colours (and the internationally-loved lavender ones as well). Is it purely a personal preference? Can dark-coloured (like black jade.. or even the almost maroon kind of reds) also be considered 'good'?

There are quite a no. of shops selling jade in Singapore. The shops are usually not owned by locals (am guessing they are foreigners who have contacts back at their home country like Myanmar and China so they continuously have 'fresh' stock). I tend to also take what the SAs say with a pinch of salt because I never was able to confidently differentiate A and B grades, especially since I am confused by how sometimes an inferior-looking A grade may look very bad as compared to a good-looking B grade :confused1:
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Personal preference mostly. That and the imperial green/red coloured jadeite get very expensive, typically at least five figures.

As for grade B jade looking "nicer" than grade A - you have to bear in mind that the latter is completely natural so you can get hideous looking pieces, whereas the former underwent long chemical processes (mentioned a few posts back) to look the way they do.
 
#304
Would you mind having a look at this bangle that I found at an estate sale? Don't know what to make of it. Very unusual color! There seems to be some small "brownish" inclusions here and there. A bit of color variant going around the ring from darker to lighter. What do you think?
 

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Maybe somebody can answer this? I have two jade bangles that I adore and just ordered a third. I've read that if you wear two, one on each wrist is fine, but if you wear three, they should all be on the left wrist. Does anyone know the reasoning behind this? I'm a little superstitious about my jade, lol. Thanks!
 
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