The JADE thread!
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That is a great looking bangle!
I love having variety. Iʻm definitely not a single jade kinda person. Hereʻs an repost pic of my bangles. I actually havenʻt gotten any bangles in awhile, but I keep acquiring more smaller pieces: earrings, beads, etc.
Cool collection, well i guess superstition is no longer applicable then, ill go get more, lol, i just love jades, if i have golds and diamonds ill trade those for good quality onceThat is a great looking bangle!
I love having variety. Iʻm definitely not a single jade kinda person. Hereʻs an repost pic of my bangles. I actually havenʻt gotten any bangles in awhile, but I keep acquiring more smaller pieces: earrings, beads, etc.
Wow! That's some collection.That is a great looking bangle!
I love having variety. Iʻm definitely not a single jade kinda person. Hereʻs an repost pic of my bangles. I actually havenʻt gotten any bangles in awhile, but I keep acquiring more smaller pieces: earrings, beads, etc.
My jade and jadeite jewelry pieces.
Cor gems has made good points as he made videos regarding identification and which labs to send a piece to get it tested on. But what irked me is him invalidating a majority of Chinese labs for having equipment not up to date in which possibly some may not, but that itself shouldn't be the reason to invalidate all labs in China as a whole especially since the lab certificate website he showed in "Million Dollar Jade Scam" when he presented the Chinese certificate seems to now be taken over by a English learning online class website.
As you said a certificate can be faked and that itself is already a violation to a law in wherever the certificate is being faked and reputable labs aren't immune to this either.
Your statement of jades having no certificate = treated or jade stimulant is wrong. You can have a piece of untreated jade that isn't certified for various reasons (e.g. the jade is of low quality that isn't worth the cost of being certified). A certificate is there to provide as you said, a sense of security that what you're getting is a true non-treated jade, and this itself shouldn't bring up the value of jade. Now some people may not want to have it tested by GIA and trust the certificate given to them on purchase because it's costly for another validation (unless you've paid a large sum of cash for a high quality icy variety of jade) and people just don't have the time to hassle through this procedure.
Now as for gojade, I trust the seller as I've bought a dozen pieces from them and I'll answer your questions you've been asking to everyone. Yes I believe she sells untreated jade, and have visited the website of the certificate and trust them as they have a link to the equipment they use to identify precious stones and they feature 2 FTIR spectrometers. No the certificate website doesn't have an English translation implemented on their site, so you need to rely on Chrome to translate the whole site for you and even then it's faulty at times (which it isn't the website's fault)
Yes they also sell treated jade on the antijade store and they specifically added that it's treated. I have plans in 2021 to send some 2 buddha pieces I got from gojade to GIA if this may help also.
UJ has products that range from affordable prices to really high-end prices, additionally you can ask for a discount and I've heard they're lenient on it as well. Gojade is sort of similar but most of their items start at 0.01 on auction and at the end will go from $10-$80 from what I've seen and tried out on their auction, the ones they have that aren't on auction I would say reasonably priced if you aren't concerned with the fact majority of their pieces are machine carved. But they still have jade pieces going for $500-$7k with the highest being the Guanyin pendant they have on their store for god knows how long sitting at $12k.
My jadeite bangle from Mays Australia.
My nephrite bangle and earrings from Jademine. I love the feel of nephrite, so smooth and soft. Jademine, Jademine Canada and Jadestore sell lovely nephrite. I'm eyeing a celadon bangle on 3jade, it's on my wishlist haha.
My nephrite bangle and earrings from Jademine. I love the feel of nephrite, so smooth and soft. Jademine, Jademine Canada and Jadestore sell lovely nephrite. I'm eyeing a celadon bangle on 3jade, it's on my wishlist haha.
Yes its quite affordable.
So either Jadeite isn't as overpriced as some sellers make it to be like UJ or sellers with affordable prices are selling treated Jadeite.
Which one is it, either Jadeite isn't as overpriced as some sellers like UltimateJadeite and Jadeiteroom, OR the affordable sellers are selling non genuine jadeite.
Might be somewhere in between
Sellers can ask whatever they want for their jade. As a US-based buyer, I donʻt necessarily like it, but I accept that when it comes to buying jade online it is very much still a "buyer beware" caveat emptor situation. It is up to the buyer to do their research and to decide whether or not the asking price is within their budget.
I rarely buy bangles anymore, but I still adore smaller pieces and I especially love beads.
Here is my latest purchase from Gojade. I like the color and I believe they are grade A, but I would not be surprised if they were heat-treated to bring the color out. These were inexpensive.
Indoor near the window
Outdoor, afternoon sun
Came with a certificate for each bracelet. Hereʻs one of them, plus what came up with a scan of the QR. I edited out the cert number.
I rarely buy bangles anymore, but I still adore smaller pieces and I especially love beads.
Here is my latest purchase from Gojade. I like the color and I believe they are grade A, but I would not be surprised if they were heat-treated to bring the color out. These were inexpensive.
Indoor near the window
Outdoor, afternoon sun
Came with a certificate for each bracelet. Hereʻs one of them, plus what came up with a scan of the QR. I edited out the cert number.
I do not think UJ is THAT overpriced given what looks like to be higher quality jade. There are a lot of factors to look out for when pricing jade. Based on my experience buying locally and from China, I think her prices are slightly premium, but NOT THAT high.
I have the privilege of staying in Singapore and am planning to arrange for an in-person consultation soon. I’ll report back here once that happens.
In the meantime, sharing my latest acquisition!
That is such a beautiful piece!! Enjoy your in-person visit.
Hi Everyone,
I was hoping to get your opinion on something, I purchased this piece from a very reputable seller so I'm not super concerned but just wanted to figure out why there is a glowing dot on this bangle when under UV light. The dot is actually where there is a small chip and on the chip there is some sort of impurity so I think it's natural but I have other bangles that have small chips too which do not glow like that. This is my most expensive piece yet so wanted to see if anyone knows what it could be?
Many Thanks!
I was hoping to get your opinion on something, I purchased this piece from a very reputable seller so I'm not super concerned but just wanted to figure out why there is a glowing dot on this bangle when under UV light. The dot is actually where there is a small chip and on the chip there is some sort of impurity so I think it's natural but I have other bangles that have small chips too which do not glow like that. This is my most expensive piece yet so wanted to see if anyone knows what it could be?
Many Thanks!