The JADE thread!

[vicky ng]

OH MY Vicky! This set is beautiful. You and BF have great taste. My sister has a jade ring which is way thinner and she has worn it for over 40 years and it never cracked. I think jade is very strong. I get that you feel conscious about protecting it but even diamonds, rubies and sapphires can crack or chip. After my lavender cracked I learned that you can only be as careful as you can but more than that you have to enjoy wearing and love your jade. I also believe now that anything can be fixed or replaced but people and relationships are most important. You are fortunate indeed to have dear BF. That is the true gem. Everything else is just icing on the cake so enjoy wearing your jade. It is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! I love the whole look. Speaking of clumsy, I am the worst. LOL My jeweler is always scolding me because she says I have to take better care of my jewelry. (She does the cleaning and maintenance work on my jewelry) The last time I brought it in she said that she couldn't believe that I had knocked it around so much and how much it needed to be cleaned. She also said that I shouldn't be wearing my ring when I put on hand cream because it gets into everything and makes a mess. LOL I really am the worst. Luckily jewelry cleans up very well. My compliments to your ring artist. You must be so proud to wear this beauty.

Thank you for reassuring the wearability of jade! I have no problem washing my filthiest leather purses right in the washer and toss them in the dryer, but more aware of the jade knocking around. I should get used to the idea of enjoying the piece. Our rings are oxidized silver with 14kt gold decoration. The silver wears off at certain spots after 2 weeks or so. I just did my cleaning and re-oxidizing last weekend. My silversmith warned me about having to maintain the oxidizing at least once a month when he provided the last CAD draft-but I still opted to do blackened silver-maintenance the rings is just a reminder work is required for everything including relationship even if I knew this guy I’m marrying since college. The artist Joan is great, but he has limited jade on hand: he has exactly 2 cabs at the time since it’s not popular stone in Europe???? (but the upside of that was it took just a minute to decide what cab I wanted) . I should have bought my own cabs and sent it out to him, but he’s in Spain. And you know USPS and the Spain postal don’t shake hands? Once package leaves Spain, it is not tracked and updated by USPS!

 

[Silver Mom]

Thank you for reassuring the wearability of jade! I have no problem washing my filthiest leather purses right in the washer and toss them in the dryer, but more aware of the jade knocking around. I should get used to the idea of enjoying the piece. Our rings are oxidized silver with 14kt gold decoration. The silver wears off at certain spots after 2 weeks or so. I just did my cleaning and re-oxidizing last weekend. My silversmith warned me about having to maintain the oxidizing at least once a month when he provided the last CAD draft-but I still opted to do blackened silver-maintenance the rings is just a reminder work is required for everything including relationship even if I knew this guy I’m marrying since college. The artist Joan is great, but he has limited jade on hand: he has exactly 2 cabs at the time since it’s not popular stone in Europe???? (but the upside of that was it took just a minute to decide what cab I wanted) . I should have bought my own cabs and sent it out to him, but he’s in Spain. And you know USPS and the Spain postal don’t shake hands? Once package leaves Spain, it is not tracked and updated by USPS!

I think you rings are absolutely the BOMB! You made a wise choice. Everything in life is replaceable except our relationships with our loved ones. The jewelry and material things we have are just the blessings of life. We are all so lucky to have them but the real winners are the people we love. Everything else we can replace.❤️

 

[Bagatha Christie]

Thank you I love that! Amazing beauty it is for the chartreuse new comer!

 

[Bagatha Christie]

How about "Amazing Beauty".

Thank you I love that! Amazing beauty it is for the chartreuse newcomer!

 

[SmokieDragon]

Jadies who have carved bangles - need your wisdom. I was wearing a good translucency dragon and phoenix carved bangle earlier today. I got the bangle 2 years ago and this was my second time wearing it. I noticed it had some white soap residue in the grooves (left over from when I wore it in 2019) which got more noticeable over the 2 days that I was wearing it. How do I get rid of the soap residue in the grooves and ensure that they don't build up on the bangle with daily wear? Thanks and any words of wisdom are much appreciated

For now, I've removed the bangle and am wearing another carved bangle which is a carved rope so the grooves aren't deep. Since this one is brand new, I'm trying to see if soap residue will gather in the not-too-deep grooves of this one as well.

 

[Silver Mom]

Jadies who have carved bangles - need your wisdom. I was wearing a good translucency dragon and phoenix carved bangle earlier today. I got the bangle 2 years ago and this was my second time wearing it. I noticed it had some white soap residue in the grooves (left over from when I wore it in 2019) which got more noticeable over the 2 days that I was wearing it. How do I get rid of the soap residue in the grooves and ensure that they don't build up on the bangle with daily wear? Thanks and any words of wisdom are much appreciated

For now, I've removed the bangle and am wearing another carved bangle which is a carved rope so the grooves aren't deep. Since this one is brand new, I'm trying to see if soap residue will gather in the not-too-deep grooves of this one as well.

Use a soft bristle toothbrush.

 

[SmokieDragon]

Use a soft bristle toothbrush.

Thanks! It does look like if I want to wear the bangle daily, I need to brush it daily like my teeth, lol!

 

[Silver Mom]

Thanks! It does look like if I want to wear the bangle daily, I need to brush it daily like my teeth, lol!

Now you can wear it everyday and not have to worry.

 

[VintageyGirl]

So after getting in touch with a couple of silversmith here in the States, they all gave me quotes that would deem fixing a broken jade bangle as a futile attempt regardless of the jade’s value itself because their fixing quotes would be more than what a brand new bangle of similar quality would cost. At that point, being inspired by toki pendants from Australia, I decided to fix it myself with hemp and gorilla original glue (super glue or jewelry glue would not be good from my experience). I didn’t bind the hemp to the bangle too well, but it did the job. The bangle is now wearable again, given it’s the smallest size I can wear with the help of oil☺. I sent it out to Allan at Jade Divers to rescue the polish-because for some odd reason, the spots where the bangle broke lost luster (wax?) after hitting the concrete. So hopefully in two weeks, Allan can ship it back to me being in its original shiny look again. I think he can-I mean my Big Sur bangle that I commissioned him had such a great mirror shine, even though the material quality wasn’t great (surface cracks).

Wow very clever of you to fix the bangle like that! Hope Allan can get it all nice and polished again!

 

[VintageyGirl]

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Blue vs oval ( wearing the princess round )

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Oval

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Bottom : princess round. Top : oval

Oval is more icy than round . Princess is thicker but have some clouds .

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Round and oval .

I will have to find sometime soon to bring to the gemologist to get it certified. I was told by my hk seller that the princess round is from the same Boulder as my oval that was cut from.

Gorgeous! Let me know if you ever wanna sell the oval!

 

[VintageyGirl]

Thank you I love that! Amazing beauty it is for the chartreuse newcomer!

Amazing lemon beauty! Love it!

 

[Cyanide Rose]

Good Day Jadies I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday and doing well. I wanted a bangle that has a summer feel to it and decided to purchase this white and yellow nephrite bangle. It came with a pendant made out of the middle, the back has a peony. I just thought I’d share. Have a wonderful weekend Jadies ☺️

 

[Junkenpo]

Good Day Jadies I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday and doing well. I wanted a bangle that has a summer feel to it and decided to purchase this white and yellow nephrite bangle. It came with a pendant made out of the middle, the back has a peony. I just thought I’d share. Have a wonderful weekend Jadies ☺

Beautiful! It reminds me of lemon custard, so smooth!

 

[AJadecent Angle]

Good Day Jadies I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday and doing well. I wanted a bangle that has a summer feel to it and decided to purchase this white and yellow nephrite bangle. It came with a pendant made out of the middle, the back has a peony. I just thought I’d share. Have a wonderful weekend Jadies ☺

OMG!! I wanted that bangle as well cause of the Guanyin. But I'm glad you got it before me since I would've probably just fidget with both the bangle and pendant instead of wearing them, lucky you.

 

[VintageyGirl]

Good Day Jadies I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday and doing well. I wanted a bangle that has a summer feel to it and decided to purchase this white and yellow nephrite bangle. It came with a pendant made out of the middle, the back has a peony. I just thought I’d share. Have a wonderful weekend Jadies ☺

Wow the bangle and colour had me literally drooling! Congrats on such an amazing purchase! I think yellow nephrite is quite rare?

Beautiful! It reminds me of lemon custard, so smooth!

It does look like lemon custard! So yummy!