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Uli, adore your Precious stack and your lantern pendant! So nice to see all the new looks and stack combos you come up with!

CR, great to hear that you are wearing your large pendant...and I see your other carved bangle along with Wonder Woman!!! They all look well together as they are similar in color. I also see sellers listing larger pendants as hand held pendants. I have a very large, thick, heavy pendant that I may convert to this.

JKP, FP and onyx look lovely on you! Even in sunlight I can see the bits of green scattered throughout the background of white.

SM, so happy for you and your newest addition! That green is amazing and so vivid! So glad she found her new home with you ;)

PN, Hi and welcome! Great pawn shop find! I cant tell for sure if its jade...does it have a crystalline structure? can you test the chime? Whatever it turns out, its a great statement ring :yes:
 
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Here's a question for you jadies who test for specific gravity - what range have you found in SG for jades you believe to be grade a? Most reputable sources for this info that I've found on the internet state either 3.3-3.5, although I've found a couple that state it as 3.25-3.4. Hong Kong Jade and Stone lab says 3.3 and under is likely chemically treated. I have a few bangles that I've tested at 3.28- 3.3 that have nice chimes and give every appearance of being untreated and have valid certificates (saying SG 3.33 of course!), but don't make the cut by the above standard, so I'm curious what variability others have found.

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crosso said:
Here's a question for you jadies who test for specific gravity - what range have you found in SG for jades you believe to be grade a? Most reputable sources for this info that I've found on the internet state either 3.3-3.5, although I've found a couple that state it as 3.25-3.4. Hong Kong Jade and Stone lab says 3.3 and under is likely chemically treated. I have a few bangles that I've tested at 3.28- 3.3 that have nice chimes and give every appearance of being untreated and have valid certificates (saying SG 3.33 of course!), but don't make the cut by the above standard, so I'm curious what variability others have found.

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As an example, this one (home) tested at SG 3.29 . . . no cert, but has a nice chime.
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