The JADE thread!

[Icyjade]

Ladies, hope you're keeping well! Been a while since I browsed this thread and can see there's lots of yummy photos to catch up on

I've a slight dilemma and would love your opinions:

I loved my pale lavender jadeite bangle (the one closest to my wrist on the left hand side) so bought another recently. The online photos made the green and lavender seem more vibrant and therefore a bigger contrast to my existing. Upon receiving it, the colour difference is smaller.

Should I keep both or let go of one?

You can see the new one (bangle on the right) does have a paler whiter colour on the palm up side, and is faintly green on the opposite side.

I would realistically only wear one bangle at a time as I prefer to wear it on my right arm and not to stack.

Thanks!!!

I would return one. You don’t sound like you love both, and there will be others that you will come across and love more next time.

 

[Silver Mom]

very beautiful . This reminds me of my blue water from HK . Although it’s not from Li Hong . It does makes me wonder about its place of origin, but the seller has said it was 缅蓝。 which translates to blue water jade from Myanmar .

This is under bright windows sill sunlight . Indoors it is much darker .
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Bernie can you post a picture of this indoors. I would love to see how it looks when it is darker. It is very beautiful.

 

[Silver Mom]

Nothing new . After collecting my princess round blue cert last week . I decide on a whim I should send other stuff to get them all certified at NGI . Can only do it in batches because certification is costly and time consuming , but it does gives a peace of mind whether it’s for gifting or for off springs to inherit them in future.

Glad to find out both are legit . Certified friend’s imperial green ring on her behalf as well .

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I really love this blue bangle.

 

[AJadecent Angle]

Since we're in a blue water and icy jade craze currently. I'd like to contribute to mine with one of my favorite carvings as well, landscapes.

 

[VintageyGirl]

Congratulations on your new bangle! It is gorgeous and we are definitely bangle sisters. I think my bangles may have come from the part of the stone on each side of your bangle!

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very beautiful . This reminds me of my blue water from HK . Although it’s not from Li Hong . It does makes me wonder about its place of origin, but the seller has said it was 缅蓝。 which translates to blue water jade from Myanmar .

This is under bright windows sill sunlight . Indoors it is much darker .
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Guess who got a rainbow bubble wrapped delivery today?! I just love the envelope lol.

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Virtual unpacking time!
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Ta-da!
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I know quite a few fellow jadies got the chameleon bangles from the same stone so hello bangle sisters! My new bluish green bangle has a lighter part and a darker part and looks almost like 2 different bangles depending on which side is visible.
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Checked with Joey (from Lihong) and she confirmed that it’s of Myanmar origin and also that there are two different bluish-green boulders - one that is darker and less translucent (and I recall with some yellow?) and I think what I’d tried the first time and this other boulder that is lighter color/more translucent.

For my bangle I actually like the lighter color part more and would have preferred a slightly thicker bangle but Li-Hong has a limited selection of princess round that’s in my size so this one it is.

Much more pleasant experience with Joey vs my earlier visit and I got to wear the bangle myself so no bruises and didn’t feel violated.

She didn’t allow me to take pics of the store interior so sorry no extra store/eye candy pics for you ladies.

You ladies are making me feel BLUE (pun intended haha) cos been searching for a nice translucent blue preferably thin oval or Princess bangle but to no avail! The only one in my size at Li Hong is from the darker rock I think and less translucent for my liking. Love all your blue bangles!

 

[VintageyGirl]

Received my bangle!! Loving the shape, size and color. Thought of keeping it for special occasions but ended up wearing it everyday so I can enjoy it . Even during hiking ! Although I am also now extra mindful of my arm

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It’s lovely! Glad you love it! I wear my jade bangles on hikes too hehe

 

[Icyjade]

very beautiful . This reminds me of my blue water from HK . Although it’s not from Li Hong . It does makes me wonder about its place of origin, but the seller has said it was 缅蓝。 which translates to blue water jade from Myanmar .

This is under bright windows sill sunlight . Indoors it is much darker .
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Your bangle looks super icy. Really love how it looks. Can you share the description for the color on the certificate?

You ladies are making me feel BLUE (pun intended haha) cos been searching for a nice translucent blue preferably thin oval or Princess bangle but to no avail! The only one in my size at Li Hong is from the darker rock I think and less translucent for my liking. Love all your blue bangles!

Hey what size are you? Maybe we can help keep an eye out for you?

 

[VintageyGirl]

Your bangle looks super icy. Really love how it looks. Can you share the description for the color on the certificate?




Hey what size are you? Maybe we can help keep an eye out for you?

Thank you! I’m a size 53+/- in round D. So around 51-52 in Princess.

 

[SmokieDragon]

Ladies, hope you're keeping well! Been a while since I browsed this thread and can see there's lots of yummy photos to catch up on

I've a slight dilemma and would love your opinions:

I loved my pale lavender jadeite bangle (the one closest to my wrist on the left hand side) so bought another recently. The online photos made the green and lavender seem more vibrant and therefore a bigger contrast to my existing. Upon receiving it, the colour difference is smaller.

Should I keep both or let go of one?

You can see the new one (bangle on the right) does have a paler whiter colour on the palm up side, and is faintly green on the opposite side.

I would realistically only wear one bangle at a time as I prefer to wear it on my right arm and not to stack.

Thanks!!!

I prefer the one closer to your wrist - nicer colour. I think you can keep both and see how it goes if you want to swap them out for variety or in case something happens to the one you are wearing.

 

[ILoveOrange]

I have 4-5 bangles that I had to monkey with to decorate with silver pieces or to glue pieces together. After each project, I usually had to sand the glue off with some abrasive sand paper. That would take off glue but it left my jade in satin finish instead of its original high gloss on the spots I sanded off. Recommend using only 2000 grit paper first and work it down to 800 grit before using 600 grits. If you jump right to 600 grits first, it may give you “too satin to your liking”. Or you can send it out to Allan from jade divers on etsy or several other jade artists who make their own jade beads and pendants. I use his polishing service to improve my satin looking jadeite back to its high gloss and I was pleased with the service

I sent 4 bangles to Allen to polish and soften the inner edges. He did an awesome job.

They came back so shiny and smooth. The price is really reasonable too. If anyone has a matte or banged up bangle that needs some tender loving care should consider Allen's polishing service.

 

[jadeitelicious]

Congratulations on your new bangle! It is gorgeous and we are definitely bangle sisters. I think my bangles may have come from the part of the stone on each side of your bangle!

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Hello sister bangles!!! Sharing mine too from li-hong. Should be the same boulder. Yeah!!

 

[berniechocolate]

Bernie can you post a picture of this indoors. I would love to see how it looks when it is darker. It is very beautiful.

@Silver Mom here it is when it is more subdued . A deep dark bluish green in doors.

I really love this blue bangle.

love it too . I love the princess rounds it fits very well . Thanks sweets !

@Icyjade


do u mean the the sky blue ? I haven’t brought the dark green blue for certifying at Ngi yet . But will do so soon probably week after next when i m free to go down .

if u mean the light sky blue princess round I m wearing in the picture .Ngi certified it as Faint blue green .

 

[Silver Mom]

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@Silver Mom here it is when it is more subdued . A deep dark bluish green in doors.



love it too . I love the princess rounds it fits very well . Thanks sweets !

@Icyjade


do u mean the the sky blue ? I haven’t brought the dark green blue for certifying at Ngi yet . But will do so soon probably week after next when i m free to go down .

if u mean the light sky blue princess round I m wearing in the picture .Ngi certified it as Faint blue green .

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Thank you Bernie.....SOOOOO BEAUTIFUL!

 

[Icyjade]

@Icyjade


do u mean the the sky blue ? I haven’t brought the dark green blue for certifying at Ngi yet . But will do so soon probably week after next when i m free to go down .

if u mean the light sky blue princess round I m wearing in the picture .Ngi certified it as Faint blue green .

Yeah I meant the darker blue. I think your dark blue should be certified icy as well? Mine was just translucent which was a bit disappointing as it was stated as highly translucent (which to me is icy) on the website



But on the cert just translucent (so is not icy)


Anyone else had the same experience?

 

[berniechocolate]

Yeah I meant the darker blue. I think your dark blue should be certified icy as well? Mine was just translucent which was a bit disappointing as it was stated as highly translucent (which to me is icy) on the website

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But on the cert just translucent (so is not icy)
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Anyone else had the same experience?

Hihi

worry not ! Actually I asked Teacher Zeng ( we call him 老师） ， the gemologist regarding this.

He mentioned before as long as something is intensely colored , comparatively with jadeite specimen that’s colorless or much lighter colored . No matter how translucent it is , it pales in this aspect with icy ( which is usually reserved to term jadeite to the colorless range / lighter shade translucent range . I m trying to recall the mandarin terms he used . When translated it sounds well …. I mean in layman’s term this is as best I can recalled ..

But it doesn’t compromised on the quality of your jade . If Grain size is considered fine to extremely fine . This means you have a piece of jade with compactly stacked aggregates . So fine and solidly packed that it’s very strong . That’s also an indicator of quality . And with high translucence that’s a bonus .

Even my friend’s imperial green . Which is deemed to be highly translucent is not given an icy rating . Not because it suffers in quality .

But in jadeite terminology , 冰种 icy variety usually reserved for the colorless range / lighter shade range .