The JADE thread!

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I was browsing last night, bid on something and won, here's my new pendant, pic from the seller
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And then went to the seller's other stuff, can't pass and gave an offer, and they took it so here my new black princess bangle.
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Oh, how beautiful! I love your red & yellow green dragon!! And your new princess is gorgeous!! Be sure to post pics when they arrive. Did you get them from Gojade?

 

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I said I am going to be brave and do a stack, so here I am for work today.
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Love your stack!!! How did you like wearing it today?

 

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udalrike thank you, it's cdtracing's fault, her pendants made me want one too...

LOL!!! Ok...blame me but I swear, it'a addicting. Udalrike helped get me started on the dragon pendants......not that I needed much of a nudge. LOL

 

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Today's jade, an opaque light lavender carved bangle and mandarin ducks pendant and my first bangle ever, a grade b from SF Chinatown (before I knew anything about jade - it was much too expensive! - but sparked my love for jade and prompted me to learn more &#9786

Love your bangle! That misty lavender goes so well with the moonstone. Such a great pairing with your pendant!!

 

[Mullen 130]

What is an average price for a jade bangle? There is a pretty one at my antique mall for 100. Thank you

 

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Love your black bangle too! I also have a red pendant from gojade :

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The other side:

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See Aigen, Isn't udalrike's pendant awesome!! This got me started. LOl

 

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Hi jademommy! You can tell if you look at it in the light - showing a pic so others,can learn what to look for. See how the color is concentrated in little threadlike fissures? That is,where the stone was weakened from bleaching and filled with polymer/dye. Compare to this one, where there is a concentration of color in one area, but it is not a stark change, it is more like a diffused cloud of color.

crosso, thank you for the jadeinfo101, at least I am one step smarter on jades...

Yes, thanks for the jade lesson! It's something I'll file back for future reference!

 

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Season's sunny side and showing some of her blue

I just love your bangle. Season is the perfect name for her since she can change with the seasons!

 

[zipcount]

What is an average price for a jade bangle? There is a pretty one at my antique mall for 100. Thank you

Hi Mullen, in my opinion there is no average price, it all depends on the color, transparency, texture, size/weight. It can range from $10 to millions. Can you post a picture of the bangle?

 

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Everyone, thank you for your comps on my inky jadeite pendant. Here's another teaser (seller picture), it should arrive soon... The seller described the carving as dragon and bird but I think it's dragon and phoenix, we shall see. It is antique nephrite from 1700-1800. It has two stone lines but the carving is so beautiful I can't pass it up. This will be my first carved bangle.

Hello, Gorgeous!! Be still my heart!! That's absolutely breathtaking!!! I would love to have a bangle like this once I know what size bangle I need to buy!!! LOL

You may be right, it's a dragon & a phoenix!

 

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Just popping in to say hello to everyone and though I'm not posting often (busy with holidays and work) thought I'd add a photo of the most recent pieces I bought as a pair for the boyfriend and I. They are tiger bells, but we call them lions or dragons since we both fall under the dragon sign and his zodiac is lion. Both are identical but look different under different lightings. Each side has the lions carved, not flat on the back.

Those are awesome!! It's great that you have matching pendants.

 

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I can't seem to upload pics anymore...I go I advanced
Post and then click on the attachment icon and choose my pic but I keep getting message saying that the upload failed... Anyone else experience this - I'm not very technical

You can check to see if your picture is too large. Sometimes I've had to resize my pictures for them to load.

 

[2boys_jademommy]

You can check to see if your picture is too large. Sometimes I've had to resize my pictures for them to load.

Thanks Cdtracing - will try to resize my pics.

 

[2boys_jademommy]

These are my little jade earrings. I got them as a birthday present from my parents years ago. It was one of my first pieces of jade jewellery and long before I started wearing a bangle.

 

[2boys_jademommy]

Here is a pic of my lavender bangle. Both the earrings and bangle were taken tonight as I was getting ready for bed so not in the best of lighting. Oh and Cdtracing thank you! I did have to resize my pics