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#22,591
Cyanide Rose said:
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 ☺
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Love that yellow set! It’s so neat to see all these different colors. Will you wear them together “matchy matchy” or is that an outmoded look?

Also I am embarrassed to say that I really don’t know the difference between jadeite and nephrite, but clearly love them all! Is lavender a jadeite or nephrite..and does it matter?
 
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On a side note, has anyone purchased a type B jade pendant or bangle to study it? I got my UV light in a few days ago from Amazon. Actually it was a replacement of another UV that did not even highlight pet stains-the only things it illuminated was dust, fabric threads, and needles in my watches! It did not even show glue on my repaired jade! With that said, each UV light manufacturer may produce different quality and that means UV cannot be used as a bulletproof for ID jade treatment. However, my new light did show type C bangle (glowing on green spots only and not on the other spots), type B+C bangle where it showed blue on the parts lack of dyes and yellow green on the spots with green dyes (I found some member recommended it and bought it on Amazon to replace my “lemon”). But on a bangle that I suspected to be type B it did not show any illumination the same way the grade A jade bangle next to it (that bangle in question is like pale white bluish tone with good translucency-some may classify it as icy).
Has anyone had similar experience with some typeB items not reacting/glowing blue under UV 365nm?
 
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essiedub said:
Love that yellow set! It’s so neat to see all these different colors. Will you wear them together “matchy matchy” or is that an outmoded look?

Also I am embarrassed to say that I really don’t know the difference between jadeite and nephrite, but clearly love them all! Is lavender a jadeite or nephrite..and does it matter?
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Hi essiedub There is lavender Jadeite like the lavender Jadeite donut I posted and there is a smoke grey nephrite that kinda has a purple hue which is the fish bangle I posted. I do have a plum color area on a nephrite bangle I will post for you but I haven’t seen many like it. Lavender Jadeite is much more desirable and way more expensive, especially if you can find a lavender Jadeite with strong color or a nice translucent piece. I just love nephrite more than Jadeite

Oh and the pendant is more of a hand player for me because it is so big and heavy ☺️
 

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vicky ng said:
Can you share the name of the store/seller? Are they specialized in nephrite or both jadeite and nephrite? Hope they ship worldwide!
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Absolutely, her store on eBay is mats_alice. Without the period at the end. She has both Jadeite and nephrite ☺️ I have purchased many, many pieces from her. She does ship internationally as well
 
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vicky ng said:
On a side note, has anyone purchased a type B jade pendant or bangle to study it? I got my UV light in a few days ago from Amazon. Actually it was a replacement of another UV that did not even highlight pet stains-the only things it illuminated was dust, fabric threads, and needles in my watches! It did not even show glue on my repaired jade! With that said, each UV light manufacturer may produce different quality and that means UV cannot be used as a bulletproof for ID jade treatment. However, my new light did show type C bangle (glowing on green spots only and not on the other spots), type B+C bangle where it showed blue on the parts lack of dyes and yellow green on the spots with green dyes (I found some member recommended it and bought it on Amazon to replace my “lemon”). But on a bangle that I suspected to be type B it did not show any illumination the same way the grade A jade bangle next to it (that bangle in question is like pale white bluish tone with good translucency-some may classify it as icy).
Has anyone had similar experience with some typeB items not reacting/glowing blue under UV 365nm?
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Hi I do a specific gravity test on all the bangles I purchase. That helps to weed treated bangles out most of the time for me.
 
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Cyanide Rose said:
Absolutely, her store on eBay is mats_alice. Without the period at the end. She has both Jadeite and nephrite ☺ I have purchased many, many pieces from her. She does ship internationally as well
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I as well have bought many pieces from her and she definitely doesn't disappoint at all with her products, but I will have to add on by saying that lately, some of her jadeite products may be pricier than in the past due to Burma seemingly still be restrictive on what's being exported and has told me she's focusing more on nephrites now since that's the only way she can make profit while making it reasonably priced as possible, hence why you'll see most of her latest listings being more heavy on hetian jades than jadeite.
 
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AJadecent Angle said:
I as well have bought many pieces from her and she definitely doesn't disappoint at all with her products, but I will have to add on by saying that lately, some of her jadeite products may be pricier than in the past due to Burma seemingly still be restrictive on what's being exported and has told me she's focusing more on nephrites now since that's the only way she can make profit while making it reasonably priced as possible, hence why you'll see most of her latest listings being more heavy on hetian jades than jadeite.
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I too have bought many pieces from Mats Alice. I was able to get quite a few jadeite bangles with good translucency from her at great prices. And a couple of other jadeite bangles with lovely colours but with stonelines and I didn't mind cos the colours more than made up for that :D I also bought a couple of jadeite rings, pendants and loose pieces from her. I also have a few of her nephrite pieces such as a bangle, bead bracelets and also a bead necklace. She's very responsive to questions and is an honest seller :D
 
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SmokieDragon said:
This rope bangle has restored my faith in carved bangles :biggrin:

The mission later tonight will be to get rid of the soap residue on the dragon and phoenix one lol!

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Restore the faith? Some unpleasant experience happened with carved bangles? My second carved bangle is coming either tomorrow or next Tue from gojade. I sure hope to God it won’t have much wax because the design is very “wax/dirt unfriendly”! Your rope style sure doesn’t look like it would consume too much time and effort to clean it
 

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AJadecent Angle said:
I as well have bought many pieces from her and she definitely doesn't disappoint at all with her products, but I will have to add on by saying that lately, some of her jadeite products may be pricier than in the past due to Burma seemingly still be restrictive on what's being exported and has told me she's focusing more on nephrites now since that's the only way she can make profit while making it reasonably priced as possible, hence why you'll see most of her latest listings being more heavy on hetian jades than jadeite.
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So I checked her store out: her nephrite seems good (price wise) for quality that is. Her jadeite from $150 and up doesn’t seem too attractive-maybe that’s what you mean about her jadeite stock is being affected by supply. But…I heard Siberian jade was supposed to be steep compared to those from Canada, how come her siberian jade is so cheap? Flaws maybe?
 
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vicky ng said:
Restore the faith? Some unpleasant experience happened with carved bangles? My second carved bangle is coming either tomorrow or next Tue from gojade. I sure hope to God it won’t have much wax because the design is very “wax/dirt unfriendly”! Your rope style sure doesn’t look like it would consume too much time and effort to clean it
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The unpleasant experiences are just the collected soap on the dragon and pheonix one (which has nearly all come out thanks to a toothbrush) and a not so good vibe from another carved one which is also too big for me. This rope style doesn't collect soap residue at all! No effort to clean it haha :D
 
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