Featured 14K & Jade Necklace...My new Pot of Gold or Just Pot of Mold?

I'm hoping this is real jade! Marked PC and 14K on the back. Any idea who made it?

Thanks!

 

Good shot! To my eyes, this is real jadeite jade
Though the pics aren't very crisp to see the internal texture, I can say it is neither glass, neither aventurine, and not dyed quartz
Sorry, I can't help for the maker's mark...

 

Kyratango,

Thanks for the info! I am assuming that jadeite jade is a good thing?

 

Yes!

 

Good luck trying to melt that stone.

 

I think I just read it’s the hardest gemstone. Is that correct? Diamonds are pretty hard so idk. Also hard to break/tough in a way different from just being hard. Something about how it’s structured.

 

jade very hard...diamonds...the hardest

 

They used to make tools out of jade, so it's pretty tough stuff.

 

Even if from a commercial site, this pic is useful for judging quality of usual encountered jadeite:

 

Bet that's Hong Kong made.

 

It has a very high density, which is why it is impossible to scratch with a knife.
The Mohs hardness of jadeite jade is 6.5-7, about the same as that of quartz and agate, and below that of precious gems. Diamonds have a hardness of 10.

 

This necklace is wonderful! I would scream if I found this!
But it needs some TLC....restringing!

 

I knew the Chinese used to Jade for some tools. I was just watching a YouTube video that some professor made On pacific northwest coast Indian artifacts in his collection and there were even some northwest coast Indian Jade tools he showed. There was a specific river in that general region that was heavy on Jade and the tribe that lived there traded it around the region.

 

That makes sense I assume they were referring to non-precious gemstones. Wherever it was that I read that.

 

I have a New Zealand Maori jade 'Mere' war club, which I could do some serious damage with, without leaving even a scratch on the Mere itself.

 

just the Mere mention of it would have bad guys running in the opposite direction....