Sofers, what an excellent match to your lavender bangle! The pendant is perfect. Looks fantastic on you!
Petals, your holy grail sounds like a holy grail indeed! What a treasure. Wonder if, as Tiffins once again so poetically said, it's meant to be found!? I love your collection! Truly sumptuous.
Faithgrace, lovely bangles! Yes, it's good to have and bring your loupe with you, so that you don't have to strain your eyes!
Fantaz, Welcome! Your bangle might be a B grade bangle, which is jadeite that has been given an acid bath to remove brownish/greyish colors, and then coated with polymer. A simple test you can do if you don't want to send or take it to a gem testing lab is the dual wave UV light. Sometimes, manicure lights and currency detector lights can work also. If it's a B grade, under either short or long wave UV, it should glow like crazy!
Either way, it's really pretty! My first bangle was a B grade bangle because the sales lady told me it was "natural". There is lots to know about jade and it's easy to believe sales people. This could be the start of your jade education, because there are things you can learn to see in jade which will help prevent buying treated B, C, or B/C jade in the future if you are only wanting untreated jade.
Price is one thing to note. An untreated bangle in that color and evenness would be extremely expensive, like at least 50k, more likely over 100k. Untreated jade in even, highly desirable colors is going to cost a lot of money! Just something to keep in mind.
