The JADE thread!

[ms_loKAbLue13]

My small collection. 😍😍 I have an unusual taste majority of people look for perfection and I like them way more when they show different colors.[/QUOTE

I am the same way
I love the pretty colors and inclusions in the natural stone. I love all my jade bangles so much. It's hard to give them all time on my wrist
I am now starting to look for more of the "perfect," watery, translucent ones now tho.

 

[ms_loKAbLue13]

Hello Jadies and jade sisters!!!
Life has been hectic!!!!!
My kids were sick for the past week and we ve bee trying to get ready for Halloween as well. I found out my youngest son, my baby who's 7 might have to get his tonsils removed. They are going to try to shrink them with steroids as a last ditch effort.
AND a lot of my pelvic pain Is slowly subsiding!!!!???? I have been faithfully wearing my dark green hetian, it's a snug fit at 58mm--my regular bangle size is a 61mm!! So this baby is on for the long haul.
I can see WHY all u jadies be talkin about Hetian this, hetian that, Hetians! !! They are buttery smooth!!!! The feel...I just sit there feeling my bangle like a weirdo LOL!!!!
I HAVE TO SAY, it HAS helped a lot..... Jade as medicine??? You better believe it!!!!

 

[Storm Spirit]

haha that's true.. too many variables that could affect the price & quality of Jade. when I'm thinking average quality, I'm thinking more opaque, with some flaws. Let me see if I can find some pics. Oh and sorry I'm talking about Jade bangles. Fuzzy brain today. hehe.

When I go to the jewelers they have Jade bangles ranging from USD1k to USD5k (roughly converting). Most expensive are the lavender ones of course. When I go to Chinatown I find Jade bangles priced around USD50 to USD100, they tell me it's Grade A but with flaws and the colours aren't that nice. So I'm now looking at online options as well. I really hope to get a smokey or lavender bangle someday but it's just wayyy over my budget for now. haha.

Maybe a better question to ask is, if you don't mind sharing, what's a price range you feel comfortable paying for a grade A bangle when purchasing online?

As Junkenpo has said, there are many factors that affect the price of jade. For bangles, colour & translucency have the biggest impact on price. In general the higher the translucency, the more expensive the bangle will be, and intense coloured bangles usually fetch higher prices than those with soft colours. Stone lines don't affect price as much as cracks.

As long as the seller has a good returns policy, is willing to answer questions and provide detailed photos from multiple angles, buying online is absolutely fine. Problem with jade is that it's near impossible to photograph accurately, so the real thing almost always looks slightly different to what you may have expected, but if you can accept this, you'll find much better deals online than in store

 

[ms_loKAbLue13]

haha that's true.. too many variables that could affect the price & quality of Jade. when I'm thinking average quality, I'm thinking more opaque, with some flaws. Let me see if I can find some pics. Oh and sorry I'm talking about Jade bangles. Fuzzy brain today. hehe.

When I go to the jewelers they have Jade bangles ranging from USD1k to USD5k (roughly converting). Most expensive are the lavender ones of course. When I go to Chinatown I find Jade bangles priced around USD50 to USD100, they tell me it's Grade A but with flaws and the colours aren't that nice. So I'm now looking at online options as well. I really hope to get a smokey or lavender bangle someday but it's just wayyy over my budget for now. haha.

Maybe a better question to ask is, if you don't mind sharing, what's a price range you feel comfortable paying for a grade A bangle when purchasing online?

@babydarling---
There is a nice looking smoky gray bangle on ebay right now....it's less then $100 I think.
Then there's this one for $39
I ve got some nice opaques from this seller for inexpensive prices. Once in awhile this seller auctions off super nice looking translucents starting at $1 and let's it go from there. I almost won a nice one for $2.75 bit a sniper got me last second (literally! ) I ve also seen their dollar auctions go as high as $1000 for beautiful purple-y lavenders that were oh so Beautiful!!!!

 

[ms_loKAbLue13]

can I just ask something out of curiosity.. what is the acceptable price range (in USD) for an average quality grade A Jade?

That's a hard one....I think so much is in play with this. I was buying out a seller who didn't really have an idea how much jade was worth!! LOL!!!! I bought soo many nice bangles for $10, $15, $20 bucks and then I resold lots of them from so much more. Lol, they caught on and now I see those same bangles I was buying for pennies on the dollar priced at $250 on up!! It depends for sure. BUT I think regular opaques that HAVE some ok color(s, seem To Be GOING FOR $39 TO $120 right now.... THE TranslucenT ones seem to be starting at $250 on up....and all those starting prices are the ones that are just so-so but still can be beautiful

 

[fanofjadeite]

Hello Jadies and jade sisters!!!
Life has been hectic!!!!!
My kids were sick for the past week and we ve bee trying to get ready for Halloween as well. I found out my youngest son, my baby who's 7 might have to get his tonsils removed. They are going to try to shrink them with steroids as a last ditch effort.
AND a lot of my pelvic pain Is slowly subsiding!!!!???? I have been faithfully wearing my dark green hetian, it's a snug fit at 58mm--my regular bangle size is a 61mm!! So this baby is on for the long haul.
I can see WHY all u jadies be talkin about Hetian this, hetian that, Hetians! !! They are buttery smooth!!!! The feel...I just sit there feeling my bangle like a weirdo LOL!!!!
I HAVE TO SAY, it HAS helped a lot..... Jade as medicine??? You better believe it!!!!

ms_loka, r u wearing your dark bangles on right wrist, as i suggested? glad u r feeling much better.

 

[fanofjadeite]

left arm today

 

[ms_loKAbLue13]

ms_loka, r u wearing your dark bangles on right wrist, as i suggested? glad u r feeling much better.

@fanofjadeite--
YES I AM!!!! AND IT HAS HELPED A LOT!!! it's on the right wrist for sure!!... and it's on for good because it is 4 mm smaller then what I usually wear.
I still feel a little uncomfortable but nothing as bad as it was before!!!! It's a big change for sure. I am still going to doctors and stuff, but I like the thought of this helping my body naturally, and with it being closer to my heart as you said, I like to think it's pulling all the bad, negative, painful stuff out of my body a little at a time.
You are a wise lady fanofjadeite!!!!! And your advice is helping me A LOT!!!!

 

[Lots love]

Hello Jadies and jade sisters!!!

Life has been hectic!!!!!

My kids were sick for the past week and we ve bee trying to get ready for Halloween as well. I found out my youngest son, my baby who's 7 might have to get his tonsils removed. They are going to try to shrink them with steroids as a last ditch effort.

AND a lot of my pelvic pain Is slowly subsiding!!!!???? I have been faithfully wearing my dark green hetian, it's a snug fit at 58mm--my regular bangle size is a 61mm!! So this baby is on for the long haul.

I can see WHY all u jadies be talkin about Hetian this, hetian that, Hetians! !! They are buttery smooth!!!! The feel...I just sit there feeling my bangle like a weirdo LOL!!!!

I HAVE TO SAY, it HAS helped a lot..... Jade as medicine??? You better believe it!!!!

How did u get that on I'm same size as u 60/61 and I can't get anything smaller then 59 so let me know your secret

I'm so happy it's u feel better I didn't know it made
a different what wrist u wear it on so I'm curious about that [emoji179][emoji179]

 

[fanofjadeite]

@fanofjadeite--
YES I AM!!!! AND IT HAS HELPED A LOT!!! it's on the right wrist for sure!!... and it's on for good because it is 4 mm smaller then what I usually wear.
I still feel a little uncomfortable but nothing as bad as it was before!!!! It's a big change for sure. I am still going to doctors and stuff, but I like the thought of this helping my body naturally, and with it being closer to my heart as you said, I like to think it's pulling all the bad, negative, painful stuff out of my body a little at a time.
You are a wise lady fanofjadeite!!!!! And your advice is helping me A LOT!!!!

thanks for the compliment, ms_loka, but i'm far from being a wise lady. i had planned on wearing my new black bangle on my right, but because i put on weight lately, it just won't fit. so i'm wearing it on my left for now. as soon as i managed to lose some weight, its going to be on my right for good.

 

[ms_loKAbLue13]

How did u get that on I'm same size as u 60/61 and I can't get anything smaller then 59 so let me know your secret

I'm so happy it's u feel better I didn't know it made
a different what wrist u wear it on so I'm curious about that

@Lots love
when I wear my 60-61mm, it is loose enough so I have no problems at all swapping out. I'm a chunky gal, but my arms, wrists, hands, fingers really aren't at all :-p
AND It's funny you asked that, how I got it on!!
---omgosh!! I ordered a 61mm, when i measured it came up to being a 58.7mm!!!!! 61mm my butt!!!! But because I waited for it soo long AND because I really needed to try it for my health issues and pain--I decided to try to get it on. I had my hand above my head for at least 15 mins and I put an ice bag around it. Then I soaped my hand up way good and pushed it on... LMBO!!!! IT FELT LIKE MY THUMB JOINT DISLOCATED THERE FOR A MINUTE!!!!! This isn't the only 58/59mm I ve had on tho. Last year the hubbs bought me one (on his own??!) And it kind of looked like some really rough nephrite, like the jade that's closest to the skin of the rough rock? Anyway---I wore that for about a year until it broke off when I fell in the shower last summer LOL!!!! poor bangle :-/ it served it's purpose that time tho...

 

[ms_loKAbLue13]

thanks for the compliment, ms_loka, but i'm far from being a wise lady. i had planned on wearing my new black bangle on my right, but because i put on weight lately, it just won't fit. so i'm wearing it on my left for now. as soon as i managed to lose some weight, its going to be on my right for good.

At first, it felt weird because I'm used to switching my bangles out a lot, plus it is pretty snug!!! And I wear a bangle on each wrist. Plus i switch out least once a week, sometimes I leave them on for a month or so but I try to give them a break so cracks don't happen.
Anyway--it was good advice!! Thank you!!!
You gained weight? But in your bangle mod shots yout seem skinny (LOL, just by looking at your wrists/arm I mean haha!) Yeah, I like the feel of this snug bangle now.... next time, if I ever get this one off, I ll have to get another snug bangle someday... I would put one snug on each wrist now but Im to fond of switching my bangles outm.

 

[ms_loKAbLue13]

left arm today

OH my! I love that black one! It's very pretty! I like your carved bangle as well!!!!! I want a wide one like that someday soon!!! They're so pretty!!!

 

[Lots love]

How did u get that on I'm same size as u 60/61 and I can't get anything smaller then 59 so let me know your secret



I'm so happy it's u feel better I didn't know it made

a different what wrist u wear it on so I'm curious about that



@Lots love

when I wear my 60-61mm, it is loose enough so I have no problems at all swapping out. I'm a chunky gal, but my arms, wrists, hands, fingers really aren't at all :-p

AND It's funny you asked that, how I got it on!!

---omgosh!! I ordered a 61mm, when i measured it came up to being a 58.7mm!!!!! 61mm my butt!!!! But because I waited for it soo long AND because I really needed to try it for my health issues and pain--I decided to try to get it on. I had my hand above my head for at least 15 mins and I put an ice bag around it. Then I soaped my hand up way good and pushed it on... LMBO!!!! IT FELT LIKE MY THUMB JOINT DISLOCATED THERE FOR A MINUTE!!!!! This isn't the only 58/59mm I ve had on tho. Last year the hubbs bought me one (on his own??!) And it kind of looked like some really rough nephrite, like the jade that's closest to the skin of the rough rock? Anyway---I wore that for about a year until it broke off when I fell in the shower last summer LOL!!!! poor bangle :-/ it served it's purpose that time tho...

You are better then me I have a bangle I love and I can't get it on every time I try I get half way after scraping half my skin off my pinkie but maybe I will next year try when my hand is healed more haven't taking any bangles on or of in awhile maybe I'll be able too tank u for telling how u did it I will give it try next time[emoji179][emoji179][emoji179]

 

[ms_loKAbLue13]

Oops. ..forgot to attach pic

DANG!!! just straight ICE!!!! such pretty icy jade!!! It's like glass!!!