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Merry Christmas Mrs Chinadoll
Your bangle is gorgeous and I love your rings too!!
Merry Christmas Mrs Chinadoll
Thank you very much!! The bangle's gift from my grandmother in China!
Love how polished black jadeite glints under spotlights [emoji1]
I can't agree with you more
I love black Jade. Here is mine today. It's nephrite and is actually very dark green but looks black most of the time. I love it and wear it a LOT.
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Hi Jadies,
Was wondering about a couple of things regarding cracks vs stone lines and hoping to get some opinions based on your past experiences:
- Is there such a thing as an internal crack/fissure (cant be felt or seen on the surface except over light), or can we assume that all internal lines are natural stone lines that have healed?
- Are there other ways to differentiate between stoneline and crack besides the colour (cracks tend to be white and stonelines are a darker colour than surrounding?)
- Can surface cracks be polished over to the point of not being able to feel it and misrepresented as "stonelines"?
Any guidance would be very much appreciated! [emoji4]
Was wondering about a couple of things regarding cracks vs stone lines and hoping to get some opinions based on your past experiences:
- Is there such a thing as an internal crack/fissure (cant be felt or seen on the surface except over light), or can we assume that all internal lines are natural stone lines that have healed?
- Are there other ways to differentiate between stoneline and crack besides the colour (cracks tend to be white and stonelines are a darker colour than surrounding?)
- Can surface cracks be polished over to the point of not being able to feel it and misrepresented as "stonelines"?
Any guidance would be very much appreciated! [emoji4]
Good morning jadies! The public schools in Hawaii have let out for winter intercession, so DS gets to sleep in for 2 weeks. I'm hoping the weather will be nice enough for a couple of beach days.
Definitely some internal lines could be cracks. One thing that I listen for is a chime. I had one cheap bangle with no chime that broke the first time I tried to slip it on. It was from an online seller, so I no way to know till she arrived. I had been wondering if it was treated/fake but once it broke, both pieces had a lovely chime of their own. The internal crack had prevented the bangle from being able to resonate the sound all through the stone.
But I also have several bangles with minor to severe surface reaching lines that are healed and strong. PL, Leaf, Elsa, The Big Jade.. all with lovely chimes. PL is the one with a surface stone line that is most unnoticable but she's the one I got stuck on for 2 weeks. I leaned her against a dresser and put my full weight on her to get her off and no indication of weakness at all. You can barely see the stone line above to blue in this repost pic.
However, If you like carved bangles the way I do, you can be pretty certain that stone lines are worked into the pattern somewhere that cleverly "hides" them. Here's a repost shot of one of the The Big Jade's' flaws
I have one more bangle like the broken one, though. I call her Rice. She does have surface reaching flaws, but not in all points of concern. She has no chime and I really ought to have her banded. Here's a repost of her with a set of earrings and a necklace.
Definitely some internal lines could be cracks. One thing that I listen for is a chime. I had one cheap bangle with no chime that broke the first time I tried to slip it on. It was from an online seller, so I no way to know till she arrived. I had been wondering if it was treated/fake but once it broke, both pieces had a lovely chime of their own. The internal crack had prevented the bangle from being able to resonate the sound all through the stone.
But I also have several bangles with minor to severe surface reaching lines that are healed and strong. PL, Leaf, Elsa, The Big Jade.. all with lovely chimes. PL is the one with a surface stone line that is most unnoticable but she's the one I got stuck on for 2 weeks. I leaned her against a dresser and put my full weight on her to get her off and no indication of weakness at all. You can barely see the stone line above to blue in this repost pic.
However, If you like carved bangles the way I do, you can be pretty certain that stone lines are worked into the pattern somewhere that cleverly "hides" them. Here's a repost shot of one of the The Big Jade's' flaws
I have one more bangle like the broken one, though. I call her Rice. She does have surface reaching flaws, but not in all points of concern. She has no chime and I really ought to have her banded. Here's a repost of her with a set of earrings and a necklace.
Good morning jadies! The public schools in Hawaii have let out for winter intercession, so DS gets to sleep in for 2 weeks. I'm hoping the weather will be nice enough for a couple of beach days.
Definitely some internal lines could be cracks. One thing that I listen for is a chime. I had one cheap bangle with no chime that broke the first time I tried to slip it on. It was from an online seller, so I no way to know till she arrived. I had been wondering if it was treated/fake but once it broke, both pieces had a lovely chime of their own. The internal crack had prevented the bangle from being able to resonate the sound all through the stone.
But I also have several bangles with minor to severe surface reaching lines that are healed and strong. PL, Leaf, Elsa, The Big Jade.. all with lovely chimes. PL is the one with a surface stone line that is most unnoticable but she's the one I got stuck on for 2 weeks. I leaned her against a dresser and put my full weight on her to get her off and no indication of weakness at all. You can barely see the stone line above to blue in this repost pic.
However, If you like carved bangles the way I do, you can be pretty certain that stone lines are worked into the pattern somewhere that cleverly "hides" them. Here's a repost shot of one of the The Big Jade's' flaws
I have one more bangle like the broken one, though. I call her Rice. She does have surface reaching flaws, but not in all points of concern. She has no chime and I really ought to have her banded. Here's a repost of her with a set of earrings and a necklace.
Thanks JKP,
These images are most helpful as visual references! Rice is sooooo pretty, especially in that shot with the set earrings and necklace to match! When you say she has no chime, does that mean a much lower and shorter note (like hitting glass), or totally no chime (much like a duller "thud" you get when hitting rocks)?
Good morning jadies! The public schools in Hawaii have let out for winter intercession, so DS gets to sleep in for 2 weeks. I'm hoping the weather will be nice enough for a couple of beach days.
Definitely some internal lines could be cracks. One thing that I listen for is a chime. I had one cheap bangle with no chime that broke the first time I tried to slip it on. It was from an online seller, so I no way to know till she arrived. I had been wondering if it was treated/fake but once it broke, both pieces had a lovely chime of their own. The internal crack had prevented the bangle from being able to resonate the sound all through the stone.
But I also have several bangles with minor to severe surface reaching lines that are healed and strong. PL, Leaf, Elsa, The Big Jade.. all with lovely chimes. PL is the one with a surface stone line that is most unnoticable but she's the one I got stuck on for 2 weeks. I leaned her against a dresser and put my full weight on her to get her off and no indication of weakness at all. You can barely see the stone line above to blue in this repost pic.
However, If you like carved bangles the way I do, you can be pretty certain that stone lines are worked into the pattern somewhere that cleverly "hides" them. Here's a repost shot of one of the The Big Jade's' flaws
I have one more bangle like the broken one, though. I call her Rice. She does have surface reaching flaws, but not in all points of concern. She has no chime and I really ought to have her banded. Here's a repost of her with a set of earrings and a necklace.
Rice is very pretty, Junkenpo! May I know where u got her from? Is it lavender? Looks very translucent.
Thank you! I would say Rice sounds closer to glass than rock, but a very dull clink. She's got 3 areas (almost equidistant from each other) that look worrisome. I think I've worn her less than a handful of times since I got her.
Thank you! Rice is quite white, no hints of lavender in her at all. She can look very translucent at times. I got her a couple years ago from GeGeDesigns on etsy. The Big Jade and Elsa came from GGD, too.
Some older pics of Rice with Smoke, before I switched to wearing 24/7 on the right.
