Featured 14K Gold Purple Jade? Pendant

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  1. vitry-le-francois

    vitry-le-francois Well-Known Member

    Marked 14K gold. Is this purple jade? What does the center translate to? THANKS!

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    vitry-le-francois, Jun 18, 2023
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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    longevity...good fortune.....happy sex life.......??? :playful::playful:

    I'm not familiar with purple jade...:wacky:
     
    komokwa, Jun 18, 2023
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  3. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    There is real purple jade; this piece was dyed.
     
    evelyb30, Jun 19, 2023
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  4. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    Turkish purple jade, also known as “turkiyenite”, has been used as a gemstone since the 1980s, when it was exported by the tons to commercial markets. It is only found in one place in the world, the Bursa region of Turkey, which is known for quartz, diaspore, epidote, orthoclase, and other rocks and minerals

    who knew ?/
     
    komokwa, Jun 19, 2023
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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I am not sure that is actual jade, or just one of the many faux jades.
    The purple jade the Chinese use is real jadeite jade from Myanmar/Burma. Vitry's pendant is dyed jade, as evelyb said.
     
    Any Jewelry, Jun 19, 2023
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  6. pearlsnblume

    pearlsnblume Well-Known Member

    I love that purple color.
     
    pearlsnblume, Jun 19, 2023
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  7. Lark

    Lark Well-Known Member

    I love Komokwa's comment "longevity...good fortune.....happy sex life" I had a piece of jewelry in my store with Chinese writing. A Chinese woman came in and was buying some of my jewelry so i asked her what it said. " longevity, good fortune , happy life." She left out the sex part!
     
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  8. vitry-le-francois

    vitry-le-francois Well-Known Member

    awesome thanks! We will go with the "good fortune" description with the option of including "sex life" at a later date ;)
     
    vitry-le-francois, Jun 19, 2023
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