The JADE thread!
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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 try to rotate my jade and I love wearing all my pieces. I try to remember that jade is very strong and is supposed to be protective (if you believe that) so wearing it is good. My bangle "Smoke" is my most expensive one and I wore it for almost 5 years before taking it off. My black bangle is my pandemic bangle. I put it on before we went into lockdown in 2020 and sheʻs been on since. Iʻm pretty klutzy... I knock into walls, desks, doorknobs... I fall down more than is good for me, but so far so good.
I lost one of my favorite pendants recently though... it was on a necklace that has a hook to hang pendants off of, but the closure was loose. So sad.
repost pic of Smoke.
lost pendant
Same! Even if the discomfort isn’t enough to deter me from swapping bangles, I do find the bruising after is a reason not to swap too often. I bruise easily though.
Both bangles look great!
I know what you mean about only bringing items out for special occasions. It would be so hard to replace a beloved item because jade is so unique. For me, all my outfits are super casual and I live in a very casual town. Some of my jade looks best on fancier outfits, but those are so rare in my life now, haha.
Now that I'm older, I avoid pain as much as possible. I usually sit in a cold shower and slather my whole hand, wrist, and bangle with conditioner. All my bangles were purchased when I was between 135-150 and my bangle size was 50mm+.
I'm almost at a weight where my black carved will come off in the shower... 5 more lbs, I think. The princess bangles go on/off much easier than D-shaped. I can't wait until I can start swapping bangles again.
My hand doesn’t bruise and mine can be very tight… soap and water is the easiest. If you use that then you don’t need a plastic bag. i only use a bag when I don’t have access to soap and water.
This is how I wear bangles…
Mason Kay Jade Bangle—worth the price?
Ok I’m not confident I can explain well but will try. Essentially the jade should have nice polish and translucency? When jadeite has good water or 水头 it can literally look watery... Like this Or this Vs this which looks drier... Ok now go back up and see the 3 posted bangles. Can you...
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Other possibilities, wash your hand in cold water, do it in an aircon room etc. easier when your hands are colder due to shrinkage.
I am intolerant to that kind of pain. I buy slightly bigger bangles as a result
No bangles now though. A leaf bracelet keeps me happy these days
Hello everyone, I was wondering if I could get some help on interpreting (Chinese?) characters on a Jade pendant that my Mom had given me. Thanks for any help and I hope I posted this in the correct thread 
The symbol's 福, which means Fortune. It's usually plastered everywhere from jade discs/carvings, to posters and calendars. The disc itself is a symbol of heaven, and moral quality.Hello everyone, I was wondering if I could get some help on interpreting (Chinese?) characters on a Jade pendant that my Mom had given me. Thanks for any help and I hope I posted this in the correct thread
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Happy Easter Jadies! Haven’t worn jade in a while and got tempted by this slim blue jade bangle from a HK seller. What do you ladies think? I have been very spoiled by quality, always looking for those without stone lines and few cotton clouds. This one is quite reasonably priced compared to the Li Hong ones. HKD 7600
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now it's even more special to me 
Hi!! I'm new to this thread. Started my jade collections few years back and recently I'm so in love with Blue jadeite. Is this Burma Jadeite? I'm eyeing the very fine and watery blue jadeite bangle. Was looking at these 2 bangles from Little Jadeite House but I wish they have lesser white flakes. Well though I know these are natural but just hoping to find one that is more translucent
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Hey welcome! As to whether or not this is Burmese jadeite, more than likely it is unless said otherwise since it's usually hard to distinguish Guatemalan blue jade from Burmese blue jade unless you've dealt with these two for a long time. If you really are looking for a Burmese blue jade that's more clean of the flecks you can try contacting them to see if they have one left in their inventory.