i'm not an expert, but it looks untreated (authentic) to me... I think the treated ones usually have vibrant/saturated colors.
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The only way to be 100% sure is to have it tested, but you can do some of these things at home: http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-Jade-Is-Real
Hmm if you purchased this online, do you have a link?
I can't quite put my finger on what bothers me about it, could just be the lighting.
If you have a loupe, use it to look at the surface of the bangle, and if it has lots of tiny pits, that would be one way to tell it's not grade A jade.
oh wow, i love how thick and heavy duty it looks! chunky jewelry is so in right now. thanks for sharing! 
Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum and also a jade lover myself.
Love the jade pics posted by Storm Spirit and Blingaholic!
One needs a keen eye and plenty of experience to differentiate good quality grade A jadeite from the Bs and Cs. Found this out through a lot of trial and error myself. And when buying jade, since the good ones are so expensive, it's still best if you can eye-ball it and feel it before purchasing.
I recently came across so-called "grade A jadeite" that looked blurry AND felt light for its size. Definitely been treated.
Anyway, like to share some pics from my own collection. I believe one of them is Grade A jadeite and the other is probably a B. The B was my first jade purchase it was an impulse buy... no research done prior to buying. After that I got more interested in jade and did some homework. Some years later I bought the other one and it came with authenticity cert.
But the honest truth is I love wearing both!
Unless a bangle is an obvious horrible fake it's impossible to say whether it is grade A jadeite or not from a photo. If it has a clear high chime and doesn't show up under a UV light (you could buy a counterfeit money UV light to check) then you could say it is more likely to be grade A, to be 100% sure you would still have to take it to a lab for Chelsea filter/IR spectroscope/specific gravity tests to prove it.
If you do the simple tests yourself to rule out an obvious fake and you enjoy wearing the bangle I would carry on wearing it and not worry too much!
Another from my collection. Spinach green, not my usual fav colour, and it's not translucent.... But it called out to me.
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I love how your bangle looks! Very unusual
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