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[AnnaWu2021]

Does anyone wear an oversized bangle? I wonder if the widest part of your hand us 16 cm (~50-52 mm bangle), is a round 54 mm one too big? There is a standard measurement table, I know, but in real life it's not 100% applicable to everyone.
I am eyeing a 54mm and not sure if it will loose and fall off from my hand.

 

[Junkenpo]

Does anyone wear an oversized bangle? I wonder if the widest part of your hand us 16 cm (~50-52 mm bangle), is a round 54 mm one too big? There is a standard measurement table, I know, but in real life it's not 100% applicable to everyone.
I am eyeing a 54mm and not sure if it will loose and fall off from my hand.

I do. When I first started collecting, I didnʻt know my size and my first bangle was a 54.7mm bangle, which was big. Not only a little bit of worry that it would slip off, but also for the accidental bump and knock since the drop from the wrist was longer. After that, I figured out my preference for 50-52mm bangles. I would still slip her into rotation though. I also discovered I was less picky about size when collecting carved bangles, so I would just shove the bigger bangles farther up my arm.

Unfortunately for me, I gained weight over the pandemic. Now even though my wrist size is still small, my hand is more fleshy. Iʻm stuck wearing one bangle on my left wrist because I can no longer get it over the fleshy part of my palm to take it off.

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the one that's stuck. I think it's a 52mm?

thin princess style stacked 51-53mm

51mm and the 54.7mm

51.2mm and the 54.7mm - different angle to show how much it hangs.

a whopping 73mm

 

[SmokieDragon]

Does anyone wear an oversized bangle? I wonder if the widest part of your hand us 16 cm (~50-52 mm bangle), is a round 54 mm one too big? There is a standard measurement table, I know, but in real life it's not 100% applicable to everyone.
I am eyeing a 54mm and not sure if it will loose and fall off from my hand.

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I’m not sure which part of your hand you’re measuring, but this is the picture guide I used when I started out



I had a palm breadth of 73mm then which would make my size 54-56mm. Since I wanted slightly bigger bangles, I went with D-shaped of 57-58mm. Fir princess round, I went down by not more than 1.3 from 57mm, ie my princess rounds are 55.7-56.5mm

 

[AnnaWu2021]

I’m not sure which part of your hand you’re measuring, but this is the picture guide I used when I started out

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I had a palm breadth of 73mm then which would make my size 54-56mm. Since I wanted slightly bigger bangles, I went with D-shaped of 57-58mm. Fir princess round, I went down by not more than 1.3 from 57mm, ie my princess rounds are 55.7-56.5mm

I used several methods including the one you posted, and always come up wit 50-52. But I wonder if a plus of 2 mm (54 mm round bangle) will make any difference. The last thing I want to happen is the bangle falls off my hand for any reason

 

[SmokieDragon]

I used several methods including the one you posted, and always come up wit 50-52. But I wonder if a plus of 2 mm (54 mm round bangle) will make any difference. The last thing I want to happen is the bangle falls off my hand for any reason

It sounds like it will be too big. Generally, princess rounds can be smaller in diameter than D shaped. So if you are coming up at 50-52mm, I think 53mm princess round would be already a generous fit. 54mm princess round would be too big. I don’t think it will fall off but it might go up your arm quite a bit

 

[AnnaWu2021]

Hi everyone,
I have got a bangle below, it was certified as grade A, but well I am not sure if a lab is correct 100% all the time. It has a crack (or stoneline, or stone vein, I am not sure what it is), but I can't feel it with my finger or nail at all, it is totally smooth. Is this something natural or should I be worried that the crack was treated and filled with wax or polymer to make it smooth?

 

[AJadecent Angle]

Hi everyone,
I have got a bangle below, it was certified as grade A, but well I am not sure if a lab is correct 100% all the time. It has a crack (or stoneline, or stone vein, I am not sure what it is), but I can't feel it with my finger or nail at all, it is totally smooth. Is this something natural or should I be worried that the crack was treated and filled with wax or polymer to make it smooth?
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It looks natural and untreated to me, although pictures could only go so far in terms of seeing if the piece's really untreated
Stonelines don't have to be felt on the surface since it's a natural process during jadeite's formation, although it is possible that some stonelines (and notably cracks) will have wax buildup on the crevices which can usually be seen under UV light. But I don't think you'd have to worry about your bangle being treated as long as you can check the certification up in it's respective website.

 

[AJadecent Angle]

Latest acquisitions! Yes I probably will never get over landscape designs

 

[szuszuszu]

Hi Jadies!

Everyone has such lovely jade. Bernie - my fave thing of yours is still the little orange donut with the little green leaves in your current avatar. The colors and execution are just fun and cute.

Mastermkombo - jade rings are fun and so is a gold lion head. Maybe a large jade cabochon ring in the future? My dad had one and it will be passed to my son when he's old enough to take care of it. I need to retake pictures of my rings, I've since acquired a couple more, haha.

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I can’t take my eyes off the ring on your thumb . It is so gorgeous and glows in all lighting conditions.

 

[AnnaWu2021]

To Jadies who have got your jadeites from Singapore with certificate from NGI (Nanyang Gem Institutions), this institute doesn't have a website to verify the certificate number at all, how do you verify the authenticity of the certificate?

 

[MASTERMKOMBO]

Hi Jadies!

Everyone has such lovely jade. Bernie - my fave thing of yours is still the little orange donut with the little green leaves in your current avatar. The colors and execution are just fun and cute.

Mastermkombo - jade rings are fun and so is a gold lion head. Maybe a large jade cabochon ring in the future? My dad had one and it will be passed to my son when he's old enough to take care of it. I need to retake pictures of my rings, I've since acquired a couple more, haha.

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Awesome photos of your jade jewellery. Those are some very stunning rings , love the bangle too.

I will definitely still get a jade cabochon ring in the future. What made me hold off on it was that the fact that the price of the cabochon I was going to buy was almost the same price as the lion head ring. Won’t be too long before I add one to the collection!

 

[LoveJadeiteGal]

Greetings! Anyone have good experience with the following jade seller? I am new here and I see some good review. But i am looking for something economical as a start. I came across a few online with and without brick and mortar shops in Singapore. Kindly advise
1) Ultimate Jade
2) New Jade
3) Li Hong
4) Jade Story Singapore
5) All About Jade

 

[AnnaWu2021]

Greetings! Anyone have good experience with the following jade seller? I am new here and I see some good review. But i am looking for something economical as a start. I came across a few online with and without brick and mortar shops in Singapore. Kindly advise
1) Ultimate Jade
2) New Jade
3) Li Hong
4) Jade Story Singapore
5) All About Jade

So far as I know after reading 50 pages about jade topic on this forum, Ultimate Jade and Li-Hong are very reputative and provide grade A only. Li-Hong's price is kinda expensive to be honest, their online shop seems to be low of stock, only few bangles left with minimum price 1000 SGD, I would say UJ offers more choices of prices.

 

[LoveJadeiteGal]

So far as I know after reading 50 pages about jade topic on this forum, Ultimate Jade and Li-Hong are very reputative and provide grade A only. Li-Hong's price is kinda expensive to be honest, their online shop seems to be low of stock, only few bangles left with minimum price 1000 SGD, I would say UJ offers more choices of prices.

thanks. Yeah if bangles then UJ has wide choices but I feel some prices are hard to justify with the grade/quality. However, jades are really subjective. Let me do more homework in comparing the prices with its quality.

 

[SmokieDragon]

Greetings! Anyone have good experience with the following jade seller? I am new here and I see some good review. But i am looking for something economical as a start. I came across a few online with and without brick and mortar shops in Singapore. Kindly advise
1) Ultimate Jade
2) New Jade
3) Li Hong
4) Jade Story Singapore
5) All About Jade

I have bought a few jadeite bangles each from Ultimate Jadeite and Li Hong while I've bought a pieces of jadeite jewellery from All About Jade. For bangles, UJ definitely has a lower price point than Li Hong. One of the bangles that I bought from UJ is my "happy mood" bangle which always makes me feel better when I wear it. I paid less than US$200 for it 2 years ago. It's a bi-coloured white and dark green bangle. So worth it! If not for a quad-coloured mainly lavender bangle that I bought from Li Hong (ironically my most expensive bangle), this bangle from UJ would have been the one I wear forever once I stop rotating my bangles. However, the Li Hong one is my "health bangle" so I will need to wear that permanently when I'm older