Featured Jade? Pig

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  1. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    I don't know where to post this. Pig is 3 1/2" long and stands 1 7/8" tall. Is this jade?
    pig2.JPG pig1.JPG pig3.JPG pig4.JPG
     
    kraftblue, Feb 2, 2019
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  2. Bakersgma

    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    Perfect timing! The Year of the Pig starts this week!
     
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  3. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    :woot:
     
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  4. clutteredcloset49

    clutteredcloset49 Well-Known Member

    Many different stones are called jade. Don't know what stone it is.

    I do think it is fairly recent.
    Notice the lack of detail in the face.
     
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  5. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Not a clue. It wants to be, but I'm not expert enough to be certain.
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    It is one of those non-jade stones, my memory is blank at the moment.
     
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  7. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    Thanks Everyone
     
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  8. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    Could this be prehnite or epidote?
     
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    No, I think the term I was looking for is serpentine jade, a serpentine which looks a bit like jade. It can also have those darker blotches.
     
    Any Jewelry, Feb 3, 2019
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  10. Silver Wolf

    Silver Wolf Well-Known Member

    i think that's not jade,maybe kind of aventurine,sometime or mostly aventurine stone were used as subtitute for jade,and branded as "jade",mostly this kind of "jade" statue were made in india or china,since this is pig,it could be china then
     
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  11. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Aventurine has tiny sparkles from other mineral inclusions.
     
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  12. kraftblue

    kraftblue Well-Known Member

    Thank you Any!
     
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  13. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Serpentine and the like can be dyed to resemble jade even more. Aventurine this isn't.
     
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