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#20,521
Junkenpo said:
Since we're on the topic of colors.... I thought I'd show off my newest purchase. I recently acquired a long "endless" bead necklace. A few years back, I found one with a clasp (I think it is an unmarked Ming's) & bought it with the intention of gifting it to my MIL. When it arrived, I was so tempted to keep it! I followed through with the gift, and kept an eye out for something similar.

Here it is with my other multi-colored set. Long necklace, choker, 2 bracelets. Last pic is the new-to-me with the super long tiny beads necklace. I gotta keep an eye out for earrings now.

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Wow! If I recall, you mentioned some of them coming from Gump’s itself right? They seem like something they would make.
 
#20,522
Junkenpo said:
Since we're on the topic of colors.... I thought I'd show off my newest purchase. I recently acquired a long "endless" bead necklace. A few years back, I found one with a clasp (I think it is an unmarked Ming's) & bought it with the intention of gifting it to my MIL. When it arrived, I was so tempted to keep it! I followed through with the gift, and kept an eye out for something similar.

Here it is with my other multi-colored set. Long necklace, choker, 2 bracelets. Last pic is the new-to-me with the super long tiny beads necklace. I gotta keep an eye out for earrings now.

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OMG JKP I LOVE YOUR BEADS!!!!! You know you were the inspiration I needed to get my nephrite green set. LOVE LOVE LOVE
 
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Silver Mom said:
Ajadecent Angle, My jeweler Alice used to supply jade to Gumps until they went out of business. Sad how all the stores are closing down. Even harder to get good jade.
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Oh yeah I remember you talking about your supplier, how’s she doing currently? Although I will agree on jade quality in a good quality seems hard to find these days, but it’s what happens when it’s getting scarce overtime :sad:
 
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AJadecent Angle said:
Oh yeah I remember you talking about your supplier, how’s she doing currently? Although I will agree on jade quality in a good quality seems hard to find these days, but it’s what happens when it’s getting scarce overtime :sad:
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She is really doing great. She does sell a lot because she has many customers in many US states as well as in Hong Kong. Her company has branches in both US and China. She also has told me that it is hard to find good quality and it is getting scarce.
 
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Junkenpo said:
Since we're on the topic of colors.... I thought I'd show off my newest purchase. I recently acquired a long "endless" bead necklace. A few years back, I found one with a clasp (I think it is an unmarked Ming's) & bought it with the intention of gifting it to my MIL. When it arrived, I was so tempted to keep it! I followed through with the gift, and kept an eye out for something similar.

Here it is with my other multi-colored set. Long necklace, choker, 2 bracelets. Last pic is the new-to-me with the super long tiny beads necklace. I gotta keep an eye out for earrings now.
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So beautiful with all the lovely colours :D
 
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AJadecent Angle said:
Oh yeah I remember you talking about your supplier, how’s she doing currently? Although I will agree on jade quality in a good quality seems hard to find these days, but it’s what happens when it’s getting scarce overtime :sad:
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Special when mining is cut down of production too.i was wondering about does it matter who u buy jade from?do u think that there energy is on stones they sell ?
 
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Junkenpo said:
Since we're on the topic of colors.... I thought I'd show off my newest purchase. I recently acquired a long "endless" bead necklace. A few years back, I found one with a clasp (I think it is an unmarked Ming's) & bought it with the intention of gifting it to my MIL. When it arrived, I was so tempted to keep it! I followed through with the gift, and kept an eye out for something similar.

Here it is with my other multi-colored set. Long necklace, choker, 2 bracelets. Last pic is the new-to-me with the super long tiny beads necklace. I gotta keep an eye out for earrings now.

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Love all those colors, so bright too it's hard now to find vibrant color jade.
 
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Junkenpo said:
Since we're on the topic of colors.... I thought I'd show off my newest purchase. I recently acquired a long "endless" bead necklace. A few years back, I found one with a clasp (I think it is an unmarked Ming's) & bought it with the intention of gifting it to my MIL. When it arrived, I was so tempted to keep it! I followed through with the gift, and kept an eye out for something similar.

Here it is with my other multi-colored set. Long necklace, choker, 2 bracelets. Last pic is the new-to-me with the super long tiny beads necklace. I gotta keep an eye out for earrings now.

jTrOf8v.jpg


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those are just beautiful Junkenpo!!!!!! wow!!!!!! i love the one the right.. with the bigger beads. beautiful!!!
 
#20,531
emmababy said:
So interesting to read about the properties of black jade. Maybe i should look out for one too haha. Does the jade has to be full black? I saw some nice ones. But it is not full black.
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WHOA!!!!
THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
i would wear any of those.
I used a dark gray ones like these for years, just not as pretty. One of my dark gray favs I got from Ultimate Jadeite, i gave to my son as a birthday gift... He also loves jade. anyway-- it broke, well... i guess saved him from a falling soccer goal. he could have been serious hurt or even worse because kids have been killed from falling soccer goals... but only the jade bracelet broke and he hurt his ankle, that was it.
Yours are beauties!!!!! i love how icy they are!!!!
 
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one of my spring bangles. A lavender, light green, and white bangle with dark red spots here and there.
I miss this one a lot, since I can't fit it much anymore due to RA.... well, i can..but barely and its hard to get on & off... I miss this pretty girl.. I wish I could wear her as much as I was able to before
 

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this is one I'm currently wearing on my left rn with my black bangle thats on my right. It is a light lavender budget bangle. the lavender is really light outside, but a little darker inside... i really like because has lots of stacked up horizontal stone lines thru it. it is a "croissant" bangle.
This means that this bangle is super durable for everyday life because of the stacked horizontal lines.
So while shes just an average beauty--- shes definitely a tough chica!! Kinda like her owner, me
 

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Kindness4 said:
Alot of jadetie on market us so pale in color because of the mines being so depleted. Now jadeite pale if you are very lucky to find vibrant colors together old mine jadeite. Which I was told better than the jade now.
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I think the same thing Kindness... I think that the jade isn't able to stay in the ground long enough to make deeper colors or deeper, more translucent colors..... so all the colors coming out are very light... and mostly opaque too it seems like. There are some that are still clear, icy, and translucent now and then--- but those are way expensive
.. and it also seems like most of the colors of jade are very light now days..
Also-- the prices are higher!!..
Some of the bangles I got for $75-$100usd maybe 5 or 6 years ago--- now that same quality of bangle that was $100 usd is now worth maybe $500-$1k usd today, depending on who the seller is....
I have also heard that Myanmar/Burma is going to start limiting jade going out of their country? so maybe the really good jade wouldn't be leaving their country as often....?
Has anyone else heard this?
I heard this from 3 different places, 2 sellers and 1 buyer/seller. The most recent i have heard this was Oct/Nov 2019...
 
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