Beautiful stack. I love the bluish grey in your bangle and the your green bangle has a touch of grey in it too - a gorgeous shade of sage green
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Beautiful stack. I love the bluish grey in your bangle and the your green bangle has a touch of grey in it too - a gorgeous shade of sage green
Hi jadies! Long time, no post! I hope you all are well! I've missed you!
I needed to stop fueling my jade obsession for awhile, but it seems with you or without you it sneaks back into my life, despite the effort to differentiate needs and wants. Still trying to catch up on everyone's postings since last fall and will probably make back references as I catch up, but for now, I have one shout out, because the carving is so amazing - ULI, OMG, I LOVE YOUR LATEST BANGLE! Have never seen anything like it! Congrats!
I have been trying to enjoy what I have and see no need to repost things y'all have seen before. But I did buy myself a birthday bangle (a month early!) that I'm super happy with. Nice grain, beautiful chime. Just got it yesterday, so haven't SG tested yet as my digital scale needs a battery, but I feel good about it - it's from JLCCY on Etsy.
And some lovely little Edwards Black nephrite earrings that I put on gf round earwires I made (didn't care for the silver wire wrapped ones they came on). I've been getting a lot of wear out of these!
I needed to stop fueling my jade obsession for awhile, but it seems with you or without you it sneaks back into my life, despite the effort to differentiate needs and wants. Still trying to catch up on everyone's postings since last fall and will probably make back references as I catch up, but for now, I have one shout out, because the carving is so amazing - ULI, OMG, I LOVE YOUR LATEST BANGLE! Have never seen anything like it! Congrats!
I have been trying to enjoy what I have and see no need to repost things y'all have seen before. But I did buy myself a birthday bangle (a month early!) that I'm super happy with. Nice grain, beautiful chime. Just got it yesterday, so haven't SG tested yet as my digital scale needs a battery, but I feel good about it - it's from JLCCY on Etsy.
And some lovely little Edwards Black nephrite earrings that I put on gf round earwires I made (didn't care for the silver wire wrapped ones they came on). I've been getting a lot of wear out of these!
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Thanks so much 2BJM [emoji5] I am feeling sooo much better today. Thank goodness [emoji28]Hugs my friend [emoji847]
Hello Crosso! Your birthday bangle is lovely. I just love princesses. The colour is so fresh, and perfect for Spring.
I love how you designed your black nephrite earrings as well. A true piece of art. Missed you here
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2boys_jm thanks. It looks like most or something. The green one is actually my grey nephrite. Here’s another pic in different light.
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Hi Crosso!! I’ve missed you here! Hope all is well with you and yours. Love your new bangle, so soft and pretty. Reposting your beauties if ok with us.
And yes Uli’s bangle is TOTALLY AWESOME!!!
Sorry, I’m a former California Valley Girl, that had to come out!! LOL
I really like the wires you made for your black earrings too. Very cool [emoji41]
CR I’m glad your feeling better. Sounds like you get super mega bad migraines...no fun at all. My daughter gets them and she has to stay in the dark in her bedroom when they’re bad.
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Wow! So much to catch up for one week. Congrats to all ladies with their new acquisitions. They are awesome, I love seeing eyes candies whenever logging in here.@Silver Mom talking about imperial green, I always think it's about the colour as well as the tranclucency -watery and moist. The imperial green colour is a little bit darker than emerald. I bought a ring as imperial green a year ago, and I think it's a bottom line quality for imperial green. With the bangle in auction you mentioned, the first photo I think wasn't true to reality, must be altered buy lighting and could be photoshopped. Based on photo in the certificate, $8000 is about retail price for it or a bit less. It's light apple green, and not so tranclucent, in my opinion. If the bangle was the same as the first photo, seriously it wouldn't be sold less than a million even if it was a vintage bangle.
I too think that it seems strange that it would go for so little. Even if it were not imperial green I still think that $8500 is too little for that quality of bangle. Although it is not imperial the quality of it is still worthy of so much more than the amount it sold for. Even being apple green with less translucency. We all have to be very careful. I myself would be happy to purchase that bangle for $8500 if it were Grade A. Maybe somebody got a super deal.
By the way your ring is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Silver Mom. I personally like your green princess bangle more than that $8500. It's more intense and brighter, lively green compared to that bangle.
Awww thank you DT. I think your beautiful ring matches my bangle so you have to give it to me. LOL (I wish). I really am suspicious of how that bangle could go for so little. Do you think it could possibly be not grade A? It is so easy to be duped with jade and I trust no one now a days so I always get my things certified. Even not being imperial I still think that bangle is a beauty if real. Also, I think it is best to go with a well known certifying company that has a reputation to uphold because any appraiser could say anything and then how would we know.
I would if I still had it
. Shortly after I bought it, my Aunty wanted to buy it off me so I sold it. I was full time mother (still is) I didn't go anywhere much and the ring is so much as a dressing ring, didnt have much chance to wear it. I miss it a bit whenever seeing photos of it. I will definitely buy one like it again. It's amazing colour. I couldn't stop looking at it when having itIt's hard buying online, too good to be true usually is not true. I have heard that even well-known Chinese laboratories have loose standards when testing jadeite these days. For example with good translucent red jadeite often has heat treatment, it's still Grade A because stone structure doesn't change under heat treatment, only makes the red brighter, but it won't be mentioned heat treatment in those certs. My Chinese Jade friend also told me to watch out for those cert that states colour as "natural colour" it's also usually treated. Have to have specific colours description like green or lavender.... Those certificates photos below are for treated jadeite too but stated as natural jadeite or natural colour...I found this a lot on Etsy and EBay. Reason for knowing this is I sent them a type B/C bangle to test and the cert. came out the same. It's sad that these type of bangles get sold a lot because of beautiful colours and prices are competitive to grade A, of course they are not even worth couple hundred dollars.
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@Dan-Thanh : dang that’s disheartening with the testing. I’m actually ok with heat treatments personally; other gems get it too and it’s also difficult to trace too since heat is a natural process.
@crosso : congrats to your new bangle! Oh how does she glows nicely in the sun do let us know how everything checks out? I’ve seen that seller around as well and would be nice to know.
@crosso : congrats to your new bangle! Oh how does she glows nicely in the sun
do let us know how everything checks out? I’ve seen that seller around as well and would be nice to know.