The JADE thread!

[mimiyun]

Hi all my fellow Jadies!! So excited to join the show.

Both bangles were gifts from my mom. The icy green one was originally a wedding gift to my mom, so it has a lot of sentimental value. The vibrant green one was a coming of age gift as an adult.

I've worn the icy green bangle since I was a teenager, but took it off recently because I didn't want to break it since taking up rock climbing. My husband bought me a light lavender bangle from Churk Workshop and a dark green bangle from The Jade Mine thanks to all of your recommendations! So excited to wear them and not be terrified of them breaking.

 

[escamillo]

Hi all my fellow Jadies!! So excited to join the show.

Both bangles were gifts from my mom. The icy green one was originally a wedding gift to my mom, so it has a lot of sentimental value. The vibrant green one was a coming of age gift as an adult.

I've worn the icy green bangle since I was a teenager, but took it off recently because I didn't want to break it since taking up rock climbing. My husband bought me a light lavender bangle from Churk Workshop and a dark green bangle from The Jade Mine thanks to all of your recommendations! So excited to wear them and not be terrified of them breaking.

Welcome! Your bangles are TDF. Would love to see your new bangles, too, especially the green one I’ve been considering getting one of their green bangles for casual wear

 

[udalrike]

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[AJadecent Angle]

So I got some really vibrantly red jade from MayanMountain and I just have to share this story about this.
So we all know how red jade that isn't burnt, and naturally formed with this color due to high iron content is rare, and according to him (the seller) finding red jade in this saturation in Guatemala is about as hard to find as finding a Rolls Royce in the middle of a suburban town
A quick story about it, when I got the 2 roughs delivered and opened it, I decided to give it a quick wash and rubbing with rubbing alcohol only for it to start staining the towel brownish red to yellowish tan which caught me by surprise and I had to message the seller about this, and apparently this was due to the crust containing the aforementioned high iron content, so the remaining iron dust was basically just stuck onto the crust and I guess him and the dealers he was sourcing them from didn't do a thorough scrubbing on it since they weren't aware of it LOL. So here I am, scrubbing the crust off so it isn't as crusty and dusty whilst giving myself a cut on accident and making some of my fingers raw. It was worth it at the end though cause after an hour or so of scrubbing the crust clean and a dump of baby oil (cause the piece looked soulless after the scrubbing), it now looked like a piece of Char Siu pork or medium cooked steak!
Photos of the whole staining debacle:

After the cleaning and baby oil:

I did give it to my father as an early Father's Day gift but he didn't seem as interested as I hope he'd be, so here I am just fidgeting and admiring it now. (still technically his though)

 

[Junkenpo]

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Hi Uli! Lovely! Tell us more about the ring and bracelets?

After the cleaning and baby oil:

I did give it to my father as an early Father's Day gift but he didn't seem as interested as I hope he'd be, so here I am just fidgeting and admiring it now. (still technically his though)

How neat! They do look like theyʻd make great paperweights, displays or fidget stones.

 

[udalrike]

Hi Junkenpo! Thanks!
The rings are Lemonchrysoprase and Labradorite and on the bangles I added some china pieces. As I tried it on a cheaper bangle and could remove there is should be no problem if I ever want to remove them, but I doubt I will.
In my opinion it adds so much charakter to the bangles.
Cherryblossoms and Japanese waves .

 

[udalrike]

Oh, I made matching earrings and rings too )

 

[xincinsin]

Hereʻs my latest find!

Seller called it jade, but the specific gravity test shows it is at a 3.1 -- little bit lighter than jadeite, a little bit heavier than nephrite. This one is heavy and cool and chimes like jade. It was bigger than what I expected. Kind of a yellow-green in shade and a butter yellow during golden hour. So pretty! I love it. Iʻm putting it on a long chain so I can use it as a worry stone. I took it to the beach today to get it in some salt water. Iʻm not superstitious but Iʻm a little ʻstitious. haha

My mum had some pendants which looked to be of a similar stone. The jeweller described them as Soochow Jade.

 

[ILoveOrange]

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Wow. Those are some wonderful and unique statement rings and bangles. I've never seen bangles in that design before. Beautiful custom design!

 

[ILoveOrange]

So I got some really vibrantly red jade from MayanMountain and I just have to share this story about this.
So we all know how red jade that isn't burnt, and naturally formed with this color due to high iron content is rare, and according to him (the seller) finding red jade in this saturation in Guatemala is about as hard to find as finding a Rolls Royce in the middle of a suburban town
A quick story about it, when I got the 2 roughs delivered and opened it, I decided to give it a quick wash and rubbing with rubbing alcohol only for it to start staining the towel brownish red to yellowish tan which caught me by surprise and I had to message the seller about this, and apparently this was due to the crust containing the aforementioned high iron content, so the remaining iron dust was basically just stuck onto the crust and I guess him and the dealers he was sourcing them from didn't do a thorough scrubbing on it since they weren't aware of it LOL. So here I am, scrubbing the crust off so it isn't as crusty and dusty whilst giving myself a cut on accident and making some of my fingers raw. It was worth it at the end though cause after an hour or so of scrubbing the crust clean and a dump of baby oil (cause the piece looked soulless after the scrubbing), it now looked like a piece of Char Siu pork or medium cooked steak!
Photos of the whole staining debacle:
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After the cleaning and baby oil:
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I did give it to my father as an early Father's Day gift but he didn't seem as interested as I hope he'd be, so here I am just fidgeting and admiring it now. (still technically his though)

They would look gorgeous made into some fine jewelry. My God, I would love something like that. I'll have to ask MayanMountain if they have any more.

Lately, I've been getting more into Guatemalan jade too. I never realized how beautiful Guatemalan jade is. I bought this delightful blue jelly donut and this stunning white/honey bangle.

 

[mimiyun]

My new purchases! Dark green (black) nephrite is from The Jade Mine, light lavender/green jadeite with brown spots is from Churk Workshop.

They're both absolutely gorgeous, but I would say the black nephrite bangle did disappoint me a little bit. There were some pits in the surface that were unexpected, but the price was reasonable so I'll accept it.







The lavender bangle is so much more beautiful and lavender than the sales pictures, I'm in absolute awe. I love it so much, I'm tempted to put it away in a safe place to look at on special occasions.

 

[ILoveOrange]

For your special jade items, specifically bangles and rings that has a higher chance of impact/breaking do you take the chance of wearing or do you just admire them and not wear them?

I struggle with fear when I wear my special (expensive) bangles and solid jade rings, but then I tell myself that I bought them to wear and not to worry about the price or future investment value. So I wear them.

 

[Icyjade]

For your special jade items, specifically bangles and rings that has a higher chance of impact/breaking do you take the chance of wearing or do you just admire them and not wear them?

I struggle with fear when I wear my special (expensive) bangles and solid jade rings, but then I tell myself that I bought them to wear and not to worry about the price or future investment value. So I wear them.

I do wear them and just try to be more careful. For items that are really too expensive and I know I won’t be comfortable to wear/take the risk, then I won’t buy… not worth the mental stress imo.

 

[udalrike]

Thanks, ILoveOrange!
Your orange bangle is gorgeous!!!

 

[udalrike]

Two more bangles. One Hetian jade, the other one Ocean jasper.