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Yep, thank you… I have much to learn, other than I don’t know better my reason for adding that was just to answer the statement of never seeing...
Serpentine is a 3 to 6 in hardness the particular steel in this model blade is rated 4/10 so hardness of 4 if the same scale? Jadeite is 6.5 to 7...
Sorry if I’ve caused some controversy, maybe this will be helpful… I took a sharp Kershaw knife blade and I mention the brand so you have an idea...
What did you have to pay for it? It looks all like untreated Jadeite both the beads and carving, the carving the better quality of the two...
With regard to the form, my wife says a vessel like that conveys a meaning of peace and safety.
This is another example of green nephrite, I took this by the window with indirect sunlight. I also shared the last set of images with my wife for...
It’s true it is very difficult to tell much about the stones from a photo graph, having said that this is unlike the color of any untreated...
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[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 979810 Unfortunately jade is notoriously difficult to date, and the style of carving on yours is not restricted to a...
That’s a really nice collection and the trench knife looks to be in really good condition the swords and two other knives are also sweet, thank...
You are very knowledgeable I’m impressed, I’m not an expert but have been around a lot of jade and am friends with a lot of jade carvers in...
These are a few pieces of my future antiques.. ceramics from my studio. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice find, if you have one near by, pawn shops can be a good resource. Most have some way to XRF the metal and they may also have expertise or at...
This is an old post, but this looks like serpentine to me. Serpentine is softer than Jade, here is an example of Serpentine from Harbin, China,...
This is something my wife gave me shortly after we first met, a nice piece of old Ko Lon river Hetian nephrite jade from Xinjiang, China. It has...
Ha ha, na…I’m 71 my dad was born in 1915 I think my grandfather was born in 1895. He had two moving trucks the first one had wood spoke wheels and...
Yep, I think this is the range less buyers premiums 3 sold auctions. [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Came across this one the asking price is more than I expected to see its very nice not as good as mine I don’t think and the belt pins are...
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