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Claire, a bangle in that color would be gorgeous.
Crytsalline, I found this on black jade.

Black Jadeite - There are in fact two types of so-called black jadeite. One of these comes from Burma, and is really gray rather than black, and the other comes from Guatemala, and is truly black.In the case of Guatemalan “black jade”, it was used in Prehispanic times to make celts and other artifacts. The Aegirine-augite (chloromelanite)-rich rocks, or black jade, are metamorphic rocks with a fine-grained-to-cryptocrystalline texture. The color is given by the pyroxene aegirine-augite (chloromelanite) and by taramite, a sodic-calciic amphibole. The amphibole is markedly pleochroic in blue, brown, and violet. This rock also contains titanite, albite, analcite, grossular, and white mica.Black jade in Mesoamerica resembles basalt and is very durable. It takes a very good polish and shows little grain definition.
 
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Junkenpo said:
Boop! Guilty retail therapy. From enijew... "With crack" $20
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They are wonderful! Can you really see the cracks if you are not up right close? I've eyed their 'with crack' pieces and don't have dangling jade earrings. This seems like a good way to try a pair! ;-) With earrings you don't have to worry about banging them around when wearing them and making any cracks worse.
 
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teagansmum said:
I think Arwen is a perfect Christmas gift and it will go perfectly with the season.
Our idea of Christmas exchange is he buys himself something from me, and I by myself something from him. Dargola was what I bought myself from him. lol
This happens when you get older and don't want to run around looking for gifts. ;)
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How perfect that Dargola is your Christmas present from your BF! Is this merged name her official one now? :-)
 
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clairejune said:
That's a great way to do it. This year, we are doing 1 gift per person. I was surprised, but my older son suggested the idea, for everyone to think of just one nice gift to give together to each family member. I am so sick of Christmases with running around, wasting tons of paper, and too many little gifts. Makes me kind of soul sick. So, this will be a new way for us to do things.

Ideally, each gift will be something with some thought and hand work. For example, we are making the little ones desks. My husband does the carpentry and I paint them with scenes. Stuff like that...
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What a darling idea the desks! They'll treasure them always!
 
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teagansmum said:
Claire, a bangle in that color would be gorgeous.
Crytsalline, I found this on black jade.

Black Jadeite - There are in fact two types of so-called black jadeite. One of these comes from Burma, and is really gray rather than black, and the other comes from Guatemala, and is truly black.In the case of Guatemalan “black jade”, it was used in Prehispanic times to make celts and other artifacts. The Aegirine-augite (chloromelanite)-rich rocks, or black jade, are metamorphic rocks with a fine-grained-to-cryptocrystalline texture. The color is given by the pyroxene aegirine-augite (chloromelanite) and by taramite, a sodic-calciic amphibole. The amphibole is markedly pleochroic in blue, brown, and violet. This rock also contains titanite, albite, analcite, grossular, and white mica.Black jade in Mesoamerica resembles basalt and is very durable. It takes a very good polish and shows little grain definition.
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Thanks Tea! I happen to be wearing Maya today and the article you posted perfectly describes her! Also she was definitely jadeite dense in my home specific gravity test! :-)
 
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