7:33 That is “Yuan Yang”, the mandarin ducks. Ancient chinese believed these birds mate for life. They are often seen in traditional chinese carvings and paintings, symbolising love, devotion and fidelity.
Exactly! We thought this would be an excellent excuse to give some spotlight to lesser known stones and talk about what makes them unique. Chrysoprase is a reeeaallly nice gem a lot of people don't think about.
Super!!! And yes, bring Charles back for more stories. I had noticed the butter stone, but convinced myself the budget wouldn't allow me. ....I am RETHINKING that decision. 😊 But don't wait, Rebecca, go for it!
Very useful! On the small two-bird stone, I would venture a guess that those are ducks- typically a symbol of marital fidelity because ducks mate for life. Usually a wedding gift.
This was so interesting to watch. It seems like here in the states we don’t know much about jade but it’s a valuable part of gemology. Could you do a video on purple or other colors of jade? I didn’t even know until recently that it came in so many colors. Great video!
Finally a new Jade video, that was long overdue, I appreciate it, but there really should have been a piece - or multiple pieces - of A-Jadeite. Commercial quality is not so hard or expensive to get...
I know! We had some A-jadeite to show in the video, but since it was lavender, instead of green, we kept it off the table. We had so much to talk about on the table, we decided to cut it for time. But if you want to check it out, it's in this video: ua-cam.com/video/sY5acVn7ars/v-deo.html
A total random pop up on FYP & I was totally hooked,it's awesome listening to people talking about subjects they love,this was a perfect example. In London just up the road from me we have The Geological Museum which has a Hall with the world's variety of stones,gems both precious & semi-precious laid out by colour all against a matt black background with lighting that brings out the best in all the colours.I have spent hours wandering around it. Unlike the Natural History & Science Museums on either side of it,it's normally remarkably quiet. I have a small collection of jade pieces from an ancient piece from a pre dynastic Chinese grave, to a necklace made up of "bi" - flat discs,circular with a hole in the centre - made up of matching pairs in different colours white,mutton fat, orange & pale green. Thank you,very enjoyable,subsided & awaiting alerts.
Here in NZ we have a jade that is simply called Pounamu or Green Stone treasured by Māori of old for jewelry and weaponry and later by everyone else. Often found in the Alpes and rivers of the South Island, and very very hard. I have seen a greenstone weapon that had a whitish green handle called Tahike by is Trible owners.
This was a wonderful video, very interesting and informative! Both of you give me good vibes too! 😊 Thank you for sharing this collection with us and talking through everything, you've answered a lot of questions that I had. Thank you so much, keep sharing your passion and knowledge 😁
My first love, when I was 8, was Alexandrite in the World Book Encyclopedias. I've studied and collected almost everything since then! My knowledge is still intact apparently.✌️ Thanks all!
I love your video! I like to do jewelery making and stone wrapping either by wire or macrame and have done it for some time now. I really love the color and the feel of jade it is my favorite of the stones. I do, on the other hand, enjoy the stones from Africa and Tennessee...just beautiful!
There's also gorgeous grossularite garnets that are translucent to opaque that look like jade. Not most "jade" sold online is actually just dyed green quartz.
Loved this episode. I love jadeite jade and those green colours. Do you guys ship to UK? Loved the butterstone, too. I could buy everything on your table! Lol 😂Charles is a lovely guy, was great to get to know him in this video. 😊
There was a strand of 6mm olive green rounds you didn't identify. Are they jade? They look like what I have bought at shows called Monterey Jade from Monterey CA. Also, what about "Green Stone" found in the Aleutions and New Zealand. Worth a mention, I should think.
Oh, I wish you had talked about Afghan jade, which is not a real jade. There are a lot of confusing info on the internet, and all I could ascertain is it's a form of serpentine, but that's just about it. Anyway great episode as usual! :)
I have jade that was given to me by a friend who went to China to visit family there 20 odd years ago, I had it checked for insurance purposes as I thought it was the cheap jade only to find that it was not dyed and was genuine. I asked him about the pendent, it was made from the chipped off jade from a larger statue that was being carved by his uncle, his uncle uses every scrap of jade due to its cost. Even the dust is sold for those who use it in resin work. I use to wear it all the time, then one day while I was talking to my friend it just broke in half I was stunned and upset, but the look on his face was pure horror, I said don’t worry I will get it fixed, and started yelling no no don’t, he said that because the jade broke like that it saved my life. Did I believe him no I’m not into that sort of old wives tale. 3 days later I was in a car accident which should have killed me, it took the rescue people 8 hours to cut me out of my car, my husband walked away and up the embankment we rolled down to flag down a passing car, they had seen the whole thing happen and had already called for rescue. He let my husband call my parents as it was Moms birthday and we were on our way to them. I still have the jade pieces I just don’t know what to believe. The Chinese have a very strong belief about jade braking for no reason. I just cannot bring myself to have it fixed and so it is nestled in a small padded box for safe keeping.
I had two Chinese women visit my jewellery shop who showed interest in a carved black jade pendant. One of the women took off a large green jade bangle and tapped it against the pendant. The perfect note that rang out left her looking shocked! I then asked her, "real?" and all she could do was nod. They did not buy the pendant, so I put it aside to re-think the price! I wonder if you can explain the amazing sound? *Pam*
This is a great video. I'd love for you also to do a part two, where you go into more depth about other stones that get confused with jade (variscite, vesuvianite/californite/idocrase, grossularite, saussurite, Maw Sit Sit, Dushan 'jade', Guizhao 'jade', etc), as well as some of the varieties of serpentine (Xiuyan 'jade', Lantian 'jade', bowenite) that seem to bridge the gap with nephrite. Also more discussion of distinctions in some of the various colors and types of nephrite (Hetian/Qinghai/Kunlun, Canada, Siberia, Taiwan, California, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan) and jadeite (Burma, Guatemala, California, Turkey, Siberia, Kazakhstan). Actually, that white marble bird pendant dyed with green spots looks similar to some pieces of Dushan jade (saussurite). It would be interesting to compare those two stones, and other forms of 'moss-in-snow' jade.
I grew up in Wyoming, collecting and cutting nephrite jade. When I had the opportunity to travel to China, you can imagine that a tour of the jade markets and museum collections was on my agenda! The very best was at the Forbidden city in Beijing, which was all nephrite, since "new jade" (jadeite) was not yet popular when the emperors were compiling their collection of jade carvings. I saw many exceptional carvings at the jade markets in Beijing too, but that's also where I saw lots and lots of fakes. In fact, most of the jade I purchased was fake, though I could tell, and I made it clear to the sellers that I understood this was fake jade. One particular string of gorgeous beads came with a first asking price just over $8000.00. Once the seller understood that I knew what I was buying, I ended up buying it for $8.00, a perfectly acceptable price for a beautiful bracelet made from hand-cut glass beads. They were well done: the giveaway was the tiny conchoidal fractures visible around the drilled holes. Besides my Mongolian friends explaining to the seller that I knew the beads were not jade, when I pulled out a loupe to examine the drilled holes hidden between the beads, the seller accepted my next offer. I also bought an intriguing fake antique carving, cut from soapstone. I only bought one piece of real nephrite on that trip, a small carved pendant featuring a bat on a mango fruit, a bargain for such a well-made piece at $40.00. I liked it because it reminded me of the apple green color of some of the best nephrite from Wyoming.
Found a random green tumbled stone on the ground in town it looks like jade but probably serpentine, in the morning it looks green in the afternoon it looks yellow, it doesn’t scratch on a metal knife
I have a carved turtle pendant that I'm pretty sure is either jadeite or nephrite. How would I be able to tell? Thank you for finally doing a video on jade, I've been waiting for a long time!
Look at the texture, color, and how it interacts with light. Does it feel cold to the touch? We're hoping the examples in the video will give you a frame of reference, but to really be sure, you'll want to take it to a jeweler or someone who can conduct more thorough tests.
I remember i had gotten a coworker a bracelet once and the first thing she said was, "Jade! This is my favorite!" It looked like green colored glass to me, but I didn't have the heart to correct her.
Ok so if green aventurine is clear quartz with green mica inclusions (fuchsite), then what are the pieces that are being sold as fuchsite? They are usually more expensive, are they essentially green aventurine, but just a higher "quality"?
9:06 For a Stone to be called Onyx Chalcedony according to the G.I.A... it must have straight, paralel layers or bands of alternating black and white. That piece doesn't, so it is just Dyed Chalcedony. As a side note, what is UNFORTUNATELY AND INCORRECTLY often called 'Green Onyx' in the trade since it has bands is actually green colored Variety: Onyx Marble, Species: Calcite. This is a huge problem in the Trade and must be addressed properly.
Wow this gave me some answers about a set of jewellery I have that I was hoping was jade, but it turns out is probably just dyed chalcedony or onyx instead. Dangit. Oh, well, I have answers now, and at least I like wearing my jewellery, so happy days still.
We were trying to keep the video from getting too long! But I believe it was only one string that didn't make it into the final video. They were serpentine beads: www.jtv.com/product/serpentine-appx-8mm-round-large-hole-bead-strand-appx-8-length/DKV001K
My favorites have to be either the Nephrite, the Adventurine or the African Butterstone. Quick fun little story about correcting someone about a Jade substitute: About a year or so ago I was studying polonesian culture and learned about Toki ( adze blades) made of jade. Wanting to respect the culture but work on a budget, I found some Adventurine on sale that had been lapidated into wedge forms. After using a wetstone, I lapped a chisel edge and strung it up, then proceeded to wear it. A few days after, someone complimented me on my " Jade necklace". I told them " Thanks, but I'm sorry to say, it's not Jade. It's Adventurine.". To this day, I still have the pendant as well as the other blanks so I can replace it if it breaks.
Pounamu (nephrite/jade) carved by Māori into ornaments, weapons, and tools. Te Wai Pounamu (the jade water) is the indigenous name for the south island, the biggest island of the New Zealand archipelago, also regarded as Te Waka o Māui (Māui’s canoe). Jade/nephrite commonly known in Aotearoa NZ as pounamu and greenstone is an esteemed cultural treasure💚
I do not mean to lilypad to another topic, but is angleskin coral similar to jade in the differentiation of colors and pricin? Would love to witness a reliaable and valid video on angleskin coral.
My wife bought a ring with a large green cabochon stone on Guam back in the 1980s from a Hong Kong based jeweler. The gemnological society wants more to evaluate the stone than I think the ring is worth. I think it is either nephrite or jadite.
I have a bunch of British Columbian nephrite that I love working with. It is tough to get a smooth polish on though. It likes to get an orange peel texture because of the fibers or something. I’m going to try polishing with 1200 grit for longer like I saw online somewhere.
The lesson was great; but Charles is the treasure! Keep using him for Unboxing please.
7:33 That is “Yuan Yang”, the mandarin ducks. Ancient chinese believed these birds mate for life. They are often seen in traditional chinese carvings and paintings, symbolising love, devotion and fidelity.
I like this "simulants" idea a lot! Makes us discover unheard type of materials. Maybe more soon? Chrysoprase was a nice discovery here!
Exactly! We thought this would be an excellent excuse to give some spotlight to lesser known stones and talk about what makes them unique. Chrysoprase is a reeeaallly nice gem a lot of people don't think about.
Super!!! And yes, bring Charles back for more stories. I had noticed the butter stone, but convinced myself the budget wouldn't allow me. ....I am RETHINKING that decision. 😊 But don't wait, Rebecca, go for it!
Thanks! For what it is, it's surprisingly affordable. After making this video, I personally bought a piece and gifted one to someone else.
Yea it’s only $20!!
@@gems 😲👍❤️
South African accent 😮
I LOVE that you sell the items you’re showing- that’s the best! It makes the audience feel that we can be part of what you are talking about! 💚
Very useful!
On the small two-bird stone, I would venture a guess that those are ducks- typically a symbol of marital fidelity because ducks mate for life. Usually a wedding gift.
I love jade, but I would be more than happy to have jewelry made of that dyed chalcedony.
I make jewelry and I love working with serpentine. It comes in all shades of green.
Have lote of River Jade and nepherite Jade ....
Have two Jade carved lions, a few inches, been in the family for over 150 years, the craftsmanship is sublime.
This was so interesting to watch. It seems like here in the states we don’t know much about jade but it’s a valuable part of gemology. Could you do a video on purple or other colors of jade? I didn’t even know until recently that it came in so many colors. Great video!
Awesome video! Charles has a wealth of knowledge, always great to see people doing what they love 😁
Butterstone - "African jade" is so alive and wonderful!❤
And this Chrysoprase is so amazing, a pure beauty!❤ I am in love!
Thank you very, very much!
You're welcome!
Finally a new Jade video, that was long overdue, I appreciate it, but there really should have been a piece - or multiple pieces - of A-Jadeite. Commercial quality is not so hard or expensive to get...
I know! We had some A-jadeite to show in the video, but since it was lavender, instead of green, we kept it off the table. We had so much to talk about on the table, we decided to cut it for time. But if you want to check it out, it's in this video: ua-cam.com/video/sY5acVn7ars/v-deo.html
Is it me?...or they just forget to mention the other bead stones. 😅
Seems also jade to me.
My first time watching. I was blown away. I'll keep watching. I love stones!!!
Welcome!
That man has such relaxed personality. He os great.
Good lesson! I happened on real Jade bangles at an estate sale in Hawaii, they were from Ming’s in Honolulu. Yellow and light green.
My fave is Charles, his smile is magnetic
That butter stone is so pretty!
This is the video the internet needed. Great job! Keep the jade videos coming!!! 👏🏻
Thank you for sharing such great information . I collect Jade jewelry and I didn’t know I needed this information to make sure my Jade is genuine .
My parents had a white carved ball that was very intricate on each level throughout. Very beautiful piece
A total random pop up on FYP & I was totally hooked,it's awesome listening to people talking about subjects they love,this was a perfect example. In London just up the road from me we have The Geological Museum which has a Hall with the world's variety of stones,gems both precious & semi-precious laid out by colour all against a matt black background with lighting that brings out the best in all the colours.I have spent hours wandering around it. Unlike the Natural History & Science Museums on either side of it,it's normally remarkably quiet. I have a small collection of jade pieces from an ancient piece from a pre dynastic Chinese grave, to a necklace made up of "bi" - flat discs,circular with a hole in the centre - made up of matching pairs in different colours white,mutton fat, orange & pale green. Thank you,very enjoyable,subsided & awaiting alerts.
Love that Nephrite Jade !!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊
I love jade jewels, my mom used to bring us some whenever she gets back home from Japan some 28 years ago or so.❤❤❤
Here in NZ we have a jade that is simply called Pounamu or Green Stone treasured by Māori of old for jewelry and weaponry and later by everyone else.
Often found in the Alpes and rivers of the South Island, and very very hard.
I have seen a greenstone weapon that had a whitish green handle called Tahike by is Trible owners.
This was an amazing video, so much information!
My favorite is the same one Charles picked, that amazing chunk of Nephrite Jade; simply stunning.
This was a wonderful video, very interesting and informative! Both of you give me good vibes too! 😊
Thank you for sharing this collection with us and talking through everything, you've answered a lot of questions that I had. Thank you so much, keep sharing your passion and knowledge 😁
Beautiful and very informative ❤ Thank you for passing on the knowledge to us amateur rockhounds
THANK YOU, CHARLES!!!
😘🙏👍❤️Thank you very much for the lovely program about the Jade Stones so I can learn more God bless To the program
I live in northern Colorado... Think it's time for me to get to Wyoming and look for some nephrite!... I think the best gem you had was Charles!
Would love to learn more about the differences between nephrite and jadeite. 🤓🤓🤓
My first love, when I was 8, was Alexandrite in the World Book Encyclopedias. I've studied and collected almost everything since then! My knowledge is still intact apparently.✌️ Thanks all!
I am so glad I ran into these gemstone vids...
In New Zealand it is called Pounamu or Greenstone. It can only be found in the South Island ... 😊
aventurine
Very informative... Thumbs up for Charles..
I love your video! I like to do jewelery making and stone wrapping either by wire or macrame and have done it for some time now. I really love the color and the feel of jade it is my favorite of the stones. I do, on the other hand, enjoy the stones from Africa and Tennessee...just beautiful!
The butterstone was so historically cool that I had to go get myself a palm stone!
Wyoming also has nephrite that looks similar to the piece that was from Tennessee.
There's also gorgeous grossularite garnets that are translucent to opaque that look like jade. Not most "jade" sold online is actually just dyed green quartz.
I have a piece of Butterstone and it is so awesome. Got mine a little over a year ago and I have to check it out everyday.
Excellent information. Butterstone new to me. Fascination
Crisopraz is stunning! ❤
Chrysoprase
Truly magical. The names, textures and colors. Make me feel so happy to be alive to experience it.❤😊 Thank you for sharing this
Loved this episode. I love jadeite jade and those green colours. Do you guys ship to UK? Loved the butterstone, too. I could buy everything on your table! Lol 😂Charles is a lovely guy, was great to get to know him in this video. 😊
What a rare gentleman! First time listening to one of Anglo Zimbabwiyan
13:00 so what you're saying is that butterstone is a time capsule of Vaalbara ❤?
Aww I love Jade! 🫶 Thank you for giving us such wonderful distinguish points and the different simulants and their history as well!!! ✨🙇🏽🤎
There was a strand of 6mm olive green rounds you didn't identify. Are they jade? They look like what I have bought at shows called Monterey Jade from Monterey CA. Also, what about "Green Stone" found in the Aleutions and New Zealand. Worth a mention, I should think.
Oh, I wish you had talked about Afghan jade, which is not a real jade. There are a lot of confusing info on the internet, and all I could ascertain is it's a form of serpentine, but that's just about it. Anyway great episode as usual! :)
Noted! We’ll see if we can get some
Gemstones can you do an episode on Plum Blossom Jade,
My father found a great specimen!
I’d like to see more!
I have jade that was given to me by a friend who went to China to visit family there 20 odd years ago, I had it checked for insurance purposes as I thought it was the cheap jade only to find that it was not dyed and was genuine. I asked him about the pendent, it was made from the chipped off jade from a larger statue that was being carved by his uncle, his uncle uses every scrap of jade due to its cost. Even the dust is sold for those who use it in resin work. I use to wear it all the time, then one day while I was talking to my friend it just broke in half I was stunned and upset, but the look on his face was pure horror, I said don’t worry I will get it fixed, and started yelling no no don’t, he said that because the jade broke like that it saved my life. Did I believe him no I’m not into that sort of old wives tale. 3 days later I was in a car accident which should have killed me, it took the rescue people 8 hours to cut me out of my car, my husband walked away and up the embankment we rolled down to flag down a passing car, they had seen the whole thing happen and had already called for rescue. He let my husband call my parents as it was Moms birthday and we were on our way to them. I still have the jade pieces I just don’t know what to believe. The Chinese have a very strong belief about jade braking for no reason. I just cannot bring myself to have it fixed and so it is nestled in a small padded box for safe keeping.
There was one necklace you didn’t review and that is the one I absolutely loved
Great information, thank you!
I had two Chinese women visit my jewellery shop who showed interest in a carved black jade pendant. One of the women took off a large green jade bangle and tapped it against the pendant. The perfect note that rang out left her looking shocked! I then asked her, "real?" and all she could do was nod. They did not buy the pendant, so I put it aside to re-think the price!
I wonder if you can explain the amazing sound? *Pam*
It’s funny you didn’t show any green jasper that can be so jaded sometimes
Or hydrosular garnet. A dead ringer for jade.
This is a great video. I'd love for you also to do a part two, where you go into more depth about other stones that get confused with jade (variscite, vesuvianite/californite/idocrase, grossularite, saussurite, Maw Sit Sit, Dushan 'jade', Guizhao 'jade', etc), as well as some of the varieties of serpentine (Xiuyan 'jade', Lantian 'jade', bowenite) that seem to bridge the gap with nephrite. Also more discussion of distinctions in some of the various colors and types of nephrite (Hetian/Qinghai/Kunlun, Canada, Siberia, Taiwan, California, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan) and jadeite (Burma, Guatemala, California, Turkey, Siberia, Kazakhstan).
Actually, that white marble bird pendant dyed with green spots looks similar to some pieces of Dushan jade (saussurite). It would be interesting to compare those two stones, and other forms of 'moss-in-snow' jade.
I grew up in Wyoming, collecting and cutting nephrite jade. When I had the opportunity to travel to China, you can imagine that a tour of the jade markets and museum collections was on my agenda! The very best was at the Forbidden city in Beijing, which was all nephrite, since "new jade" (jadeite) was not yet popular when the emperors were compiling their collection of jade carvings. I saw many exceptional carvings at the jade markets in Beijing too, but that's also where I saw lots and lots of fakes. In fact, most of the jade I purchased was fake, though I could tell, and I made it clear to the sellers that I understood this was fake jade.
One particular string of gorgeous beads came with a first asking price just over $8000.00. Once the seller understood that I knew what I was buying, I ended up buying it for $8.00, a perfectly acceptable price for a beautiful bracelet made from hand-cut glass beads. They were well done: the giveaway was the tiny conchoidal fractures visible around the drilled holes. Besides my Mongolian friends explaining to the seller that I knew the beads were not jade, when I pulled out a loupe to examine the drilled holes hidden between the beads, the seller accepted my next offer.
I also bought an intriguing fake antique carving, cut from soapstone. I only bought one piece of real nephrite on that trip, a small carved pendant featuring a bat on a mango fruit, a bargain for such a well-made piece at $40.00. I liked it because it reminded me of the apple green color of some of the best nephrite from Wyoming.
Found a random green tumbled stone on the ground in town it looks like jade but probably serpentine, in the morning it looks green in the afternoon it looks yellow, it doesn’t scratch on a metal knife
I have a carved turtle pendant that I'm pretty sure is either jadeite or nephrite. How would I be able to tell? Thank you for finally doing a video on jade, I've been waiting for a long time!
Look at the texture, color, and how it interacts with light. Does it feel cold to the touch? We're hoping the examples in the video will give you a frame of reference, but to really be sure, you'll want to take it to a jeweler or someone who can conduct more thorough tests.
Great show!!😊
This guy knows everything
Do you have a video on Lapis Lasuli ?
We did one several years ago: ua-cam.com/video/i7sLAJNCbZk/v-deo.html Should probably revisit one day soon
New sub from shoshone Wyoming...please , more on nepherite jade , Wyoming state gemstone...73 years old and a rockhound for approximately 65 years
Welcome!
Thanks- very useful/interesting info for those of us that travel & like rocks, & jewelry 😉
I love this channel so much
Grazie per la spiegazione esaustiva e professionale
I remember i had gotten a coworker a bracelet once and the first thing she said was, "Jade! This is my favorite!" It looked like green colored glass to me, but I didn't have the heart to correct her.
Thank you charles
Ok so if green aventurine is clear quartz with green mica inclusions (fuchsite), then what are the pieces that are being sold as fuchsite? They are usually more expensive, are they essentially green aventurine, but just a higher "quality"?
You missed out Aquaprase? Can you share more about it?
9:06 For a Stone to be called Onyx Chalcedony according to the G.I.A... it must have straight, paralel layers or bands of alternating black and white. That piece doesn't, so it is just Dyed Chalcedony.
As a side note, what is UNFORTUNATELY AND INCORRECTLY often called 'Green Onyx' in the trade since it has bands is actually green colored Variety: Onyx Marble, Species: Calcite. This is a huge problem in the Trade and must be addressed properly.
Wow this gave me some answers about a set of jewellery I have that I was hoping was jade, but it turns out is probably just dyed chalcedony or onyx instead. Dangit. Oh, well, I have answers now, and at least I like wearing my jewellery, so happy days still.
If you enjoy it, that's what really matters! Chalcedony and onyx can make for beautiful gems.
A piece of Connemara Marble would fit here nicely
I have some green stones that turn purple with UV light. What would these be?
Did you skip the two strings of beads?
We were trying to keep the video from getting too long! But I believe it was only one string that didn't make it into the final video. They were serpentine beads: www.jtv.com/product/serpentine-appx-8mm-round-large-hole-bead-strand-appx-8-length/DKV001K
Thank you.
Wonderful work * congratulation* I made this for many years * beautiful*
Thank you very much!
My favorites have to be either the Nephrite, the Adventurine or the African Butterstone.
Quick fun little story about correcting someone about a Jade substitute:
About a year or so ago I was studying polonesian culture and learned about Toki ( adze blades) made of jade. Wanting to respect the culture but work on a budget, I found some Adventurine on sale that had been lapidated into wedge forms. After using a wetstone, I lapped a chisel edge and strung it up, then proceeded to wear it. A few days after, someone complimented me on my " Jade necklace". I told them " Thanks, but I'm sorry to say, it's not Jade. It's Adventurine.". To this day, I still have the pendant as well as the other blanks so I can replace it if it breaks.
Pounamu (nephrite/jade) carved by Māori into ornaments, weapons, and tools. Te Wai Pounamu (the jade water) is the indigenous name for the south island, the biggest island of the New Zealand archipelago, also regarded as Te Waka o Māui (Māui’s canoe). Jade/nephrite commonly known in Aotearoa NZ as pounamu and greenstone is an esteemed cultural treasure💚
Great episode!
Can jade be opaque ? What is the retail value of the big chunk of nephrite at the end?
Hey, wheres Jay been! Just watched the video of him explaining parcels. I got really into his live streams.
Being from California I recognized the chunk of serpentine from hiking trips.
10:59 But dyed stones fade in the light.
Celadon is basically trying to imitate Jade using ceramic.
There is another bracelet that I swear they didn't get to...far left top when looking straight down.
Im watching this video because I’ve scrolled passed several times and read the title as “Jade vs Stimulants”.
Could you do a video on Guatemalan jade and how they are compared to the Asian jade?
We'll try!
What was the dark olive 🫒 green string of beads next to the jadeite jade? You had it on the table but didn’t address it?
Sorry, we ran out of time. Those were serpentine beads.
Cool show..education at its best
She’s so pretty!
Just curious why I didn't see any Jasper in
I do not mean to lilypad to another topic, but is angleskin coral similar to jade in the differentiation of colors and pricin? Would love to witness a reliaable and valid video on angleskin coral.
I bought a Jade bead necklace that was so cold I had to return it.
Do a video on rubies. Pigeon blood rubies specifically.
Is it possible to get the details/links to Rebecca's jewelry? ❤
Yes, pleaasseee!!! I was so distracted by the ring on her right hand 💍
I luv this channel !
My wife bought a ring with a large green cabochon stone on Guam back in the 1980s from a Hong Kong based jeweler. The gemnological society wants more to evaluate the stone than I think the ring is worth. I think it is either nephrite or jadite.
I have a bunch of British Columbian nephrite that I love working with. It is tough to get a smooth polish on though. It likes to get an orange peel texture because of the fibers or something. I’m going to try polishing with 1200 grit for longer like I saw online somewhere.
Wow veryyyyy interesting ... question = which is more desirable, jadeite or nephrite ? 😊
Jadeite tends to be more valuable and prevalent in jewelry