I am surprised but excited to see you post this information here because Dushan Jade is quite rare. Actually I was born in Nanyang and stayed there for my childhood. Nanyang jade, is neither jadeite jade nor nephrite. It is usually called Dushan jade, or Duyu, is a classic Chinese "jade", composed mainly of anorthite and zoisite with minor hornblende and variable amounts of a number of accessory minerals such as chrome-bearing micas, chromian epidote, prehnite, titanite, tourmaline and volkonskoite, which impart various shades of green colours.Nanyang, Henan Province
Nanyang is located in Henan Province. The jade produced here is called Nanyang Jade which also named Dushan Jade as it distributes in Dushan Mountain of the Nanyang County.
Nanyang Jade had bright color and fine texture, good transparency and gloss, hardness. It long enjoyed a good reputation in China’s "Four Famous Jades” ranked second. It has a very long history. More than 5000 years ago, people has already known and used the jade here. It has six pigments: green, white, yellow, purple and blue, and 77 color type. Jade carving article mainly have figures, flowers, birds and animals, landscape, gods, furnace fume, jewelry and so on more than 120 varieties.
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I think this "Nanyang Jade" is not the same as your previous post about that one of the "four famous jades" in China. This Nanyang means "South Ocean", usually refers to Southeast Asia by Chinese. Singapore is called one of the Southeast Asian countries in China in old days. Therefore this jade store named itself "Nanyang Jade".
I have seen some beautiful green Dushan jade that I wish I had purchased. Can it be black too?
For Nanyang jade, or Duyu, or Dushan Jade, people regard the green-blue color as most beautiful and expensive kind, although it has almost all the colors. I don’t see completely black ones but have seen dark green color. And Duyu is famous for carving big decoration pieces, although people also make pendants or bracelets. I found some pictures from internet.
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I want to share more Dushan jade pictures. The last one is my own’s Dushan jade dragon pendant
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By the way, before modern test technology available, in old China, Duyu has been used to imitate Jadeite. Some of them look very similar. Now it is easy to test and tell the difference
Thanks so much matsalice! Your dragon is incredible [emoji4] I remember buying a black bangle a few years ago but it is more speckled or spotty if that makes since. Thanks for sharing all that information and pictures, I really appreciate it [emoji5]
You are welcome. I was born there so happen to know many stories. And because this jade, we have many jade studios and stores since hundreds of years ago in Nanyang. Nowadays it has formed a big nephrite and jade market over there.
iiturtle, I love your collection of bangles and stories! Thank you for sharing.Today I decided to take my small collection of jade out and take some family photos
View attachment 4395609 These are my jadeite bangles - all A grade certified except for the second one from the left.
From left to right, I have Triplet, Twin, Violet, and Hope (previously named Seimei).
View attachment 4395610 Mum's turtle shell bracelet which she has given to me!
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A pendant that is from a set of three. This one is a carving of a bat, which represents the child (which is me!).Now for some close-ups of the bangles!
Mum has possession of the other two pendants - carvings of a dragon for the father and a phoenix for the mother.
View attachment 4395619 This is "Triplet", a Fu Lu Shou bangle consisting of red-brown, grey-green and lavender colours. She is princess shaped and has quite a few stone lines running near the surface but cannot be felt by fingertip. I got her at a local jade store in HK in 2013.
View attachment 4395622 This is the second bangle I ever owned, and I got her as a gift from mum after breaking another bangle whilst playing basketball outside. She is a sister bangle to the one I broke, so I named her "Twin". I am not sure when I got her, but it was probably around 2008-2011. She is D-shaped.
View attachment 4395620 This is "Violet" and I got her as a present for my birthday in 2014. Purple is my favourite colour, so you can imagine how ecstatic I was to receive her! She has one visible stone line running horizontally on one side, but unable to be felt. She is D-shaped. I have worn her the most until recently when I switched to wearing Hope.
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This is "Hope" and is currently my 24/7 bangle. She is the first bangle I ever chose and bought for myself. I found her in a local gemstone store in HK in 2013. It was a chance encounter, and through her, mum and I got to know the store owner very well. In fact, the store owner is now my mum's god-son and my god-brother! Hope is princess-shaped with a slightly flattened inner surface.
I had so much fun taking these photos and writing the descriptions. It brings back a lot of memories, especially of my mum and I's relationship. One day, I will gather all the jadeite pieces my mum has and take lots of photos! She has a lot of jade and lots of interesting stories behind them
Hope's vibrant greens are amazing. Seeing her has made me seriously consider getting this bangle from UJ that I have been looking at for a while. What do you think?
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Thank you 2boys! I'm glad you enjoyed the stories!
Wow, thank you for sharing your knowledge, matsalice. I have never heard of Dushan jade until now. Your pendant is so intricately carved! The workmanship is superb.
Thank you for your comment, jadeitebear!
What is everyone wearing today? I'm wearing my carved pendant, and Hope on my left wrist 
Oooh, it looks quite similar to Hope! Do you have more photos? I have bought from UJ before and I am quite satisfied with their products