Talk about eye-popping! That's what interests me so much about it. It's like jade on steroids haha. Do you wear it often??
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Talk about eye-popping! That's what interests me so much about it. It's like jade on steroids haha. Do you wear it often??
Claire thanks it does give me a good idea of how it looks in real life. As for the width I'm thinking that is how that greenish blue one will look on me. I'm very short / petite so it will take up lots of arm space lol!
Regarding broken ice, I noticed in the description of the orange and green bangle it says the grain is fine to coarse. The bluish bangle is fine grain. Does coarse grain refer to broken ice? And is broken ice the same as fly wings? It gets confusing because I read a fine grain increases the value of jade but then again fly wings are an indication of genuine jadeite.
Personally with value aside I like the look of both fine grain and jade with fly wings.
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I don't know much about Maw sit sit either but it looks nice on you Crosso. The colour on it does look more solid / opaque. It matches your green top beautifully
Jademommy, broken ice is an unusually hard thing to describe lol! Coarse grain does not equal broken ice because I have a coarse grain bangle and it's not like broken ice at all. I think that broken ice describes a way in which a bangle crystalized. Other crystal types are "sticky rice" etc. With my blue one, it's got a fine grain because of the translucence, or maybe it's a purity of the jade that accounts for the translucence. When held up to the light, it looks like shattered ice. There are patterns which break up the translucence. I guess it's like looking through a kaleidoscope, one sees many different frames. I think broken ice can have a mixture of grain sizes, maybe fine and coarse together.
Like you, I think all grain sizes can be gorgeous. What makes broken ice so interesting is the translucence combined with a sense of 'body'.
Flies wings happen not only with coarse grains, but tend to be more noticeable with the coarse sizes. Unfortunately, flies wings can no longer be proof of an untreated bangle. There were some reports of B grade bangles with flies wings. Sigh...the treatments keep getting better and better at looking 'natural'.
Like you, I think all grain sizes can be gorgeous. What makes broken ice so interesting is the translucence combined with a sense of 'body'.
Flies wings happen not only with coarse grains, but tend to be more noticeable with the coarse sizes. Unfortunately, flies wings can no longer be proof of an untreated bangle. There were some reports of B grade bangles with flies wings. Sigh...the treatments keep getting better and better at looking 'natural'.
Re flies wings - what Claire says is very true! My Chinatown bangle has flies wings and is grade b. I knew very little about jade when I bought this, but since have learned that if you do see uniform coarse grain (not mixed like Claire's 'broken ice') and flies wings AND good uniform translucency, then you are probably looking at a grade b polymer impregnated jadeite. Coincidentally, I'm wearing this bangle today since it matches my outfit ☺. I tried to capture the flies,wings in these pics, but they are hard to photograph.
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Thanks Claire and Crosso for the explanation. I have a bangle that was given to me by my mother in law that is most likely b grade. It has fly wings but also jelly like look and is totally uniform in colour.
It is confusing...I think my flat d bangle may have a mixture of fine grain and sticky rice texture and coarse grain all in one.
If a bangle is described a fine-coarse grain what would that mean - I'm guessing that would be a mixture of both in the same bangle.
Hope you don't mind all my questions. I'm certainly learning lots
It is confusing...I think my flat d bangle may have a mixture of fine grain and sticky rice texture and coarse grain all in one.
If a bangle is described a fine-coarse grain what would that mean - I'm guessing that would be a mixture of both in the same bangle.
Hope you don't mind all my questions. I'm certainly learning lots
The purple albite bangle arrived today. I'm going to try it for a day or so and see if it grows on me but so far I'm not used to the fit and the color is lighter than I expected
Hi NYC P - it looks good on you....Is it more white than you expected or do you mean the patches of purple is not as intense as you thought it would be? Also what don't you like about the fit - too big? It "looks" like it fits you nicely but you have to be comfortable with it. Sorry you are a bit disappointed with it but perhaps after wearing it you will like
Hi NYC P - it looks good on you....Is it more white than you expected or do you mean the patches of purple is not as intense as you thought it would be? Also what don't you like about the fit - too big? It "looks" like it fits you nicely but you have to be comfortable with it. Sorry you are a bit disappointed with it but perhaps after wearing it you will like
The purple spots are less intense than I expected. Maybe my expectations are too high for a lavender bangle, I dunno. Will see how I feel about it. Maybe I just save for going to Asia which I'm hoping will be the approaching winter. Then I can see it in person too!
yeah I remember you were worried the size would be too big.
My expectation for lavender is high too. Maybe wait for your trip. I honestly feel this new bangle is very nice but your fat ice princess is much nicer. If it is for a different look then great but at this price point I think you should be more thrilled with it if that makes sense. Maybe you should wait for your trip to Asia and return this one.....
I chose to keep the lavender princess I ordered even though I was a bit disappointed by the lack of translucence but it was a fairly inexpensive bangle and the colour is good.
Maybe not actually fly off but if it hooked onto a piece of clothing, it could very likely fall off.
In bathroom lighting which I adjusted the photo filter to resemble more what my eyes see. Otherwise the photo looks more attractive than real life, although I think looks a little cooler in reality. With the lighter pink purple Jojo.
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