The JADE thread!
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They all SO beautiful! I love them All! The carved one is so well done, and I love the open, larger design!. I have admired those yellows too...and the dreamy, soft greens! A carved nephrite is def on my wish list!
They are very similar! Honestly, I prefer the albite//feldspar/moonstone ones because of how the colors seem to be suspended in the stone and the contrast between the 'sharp' looking dark bits and the hazy, cloudy white and grey bits. Also the transparent windows seem to have a bit of that moonstone sheen that I love. So much going on in these bangles!
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Yes, they are sharper with clean transitions between the black, white and greys. I am glad they were found because I haven't found others, though I have looked because a work collegue wanted one. I couldn't find Waterlily products at the time either.
Thanks! Arwen is an old lady, but immortal! ( or so I hope!) I always feel her age when I put her on. With other bangles, I'm not aware of that aspect.
Me too - that carved one I posted is 62mm. The largest I have is 60mm and it is okay on my left wrist. Love the carving on this one too, but I think 62 might feel too loose. The sage green one is really pretty for fall and quite affordable. May consider that one . . .
That sage green one has such a romantic color! I think of the color of Eucalyptus trees in a bank of fog, and the sage brush growing on the high Desert plains under dramatic skies. It's beautiful!
Here are some that I think are great for different reasons. the most expensive is the one with the gold inlay because it has a more white color, the texture is more even, and there is more moisture in the stone.
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All beautiful! I eyed that first one, but know nothing about the seller. I like the lyrical carving of the last one. What is the black in the third one? Is that considered skin or is it impurity in the stone? I like it! The color patterning is very cool. Don't know why exactly, but it has a sort of 'tribal' feel to it to me - like it would look great with African or Ikat or even animal prints.
Exactly what I like about it! It's very cool. It's from Elegant Artifacts. Not sure about the black. It's got to be the pattern of where another mineral gets mixed in. I'm sure some would call it an impurity of one is basing judgement on the evenness of the stone, but I've seen expensive white with grey nephrite when it forms a beautiful pattern.
Last one is lovely too, from DT, and obviously hand done with a nice ivory color. It's got a lot of body to it without looking overly dry.
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Yes, it's gorgeous ! DT has some very nice quality stuff. She has one carved jadeite that is very similar to my 'Tendril' bangle I am wearing today that I got from SC last year (but several hundred dollars more, which made me feel very pleased with my SC purchase!😊
Is the first one from jade Hawaii or something like that on Etsy? New seller I think. If I recall, he had some pretty jadeites too.
