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

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by vitry-le-francois, Aug 1, 2022.

  1. vitry-le-francois

    vitry-le-francois Well-Known Member

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

    Thanks!

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  2. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    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:cyclops:
    Sorry, I can't help for the maker's mark...:shy:
     
  3. vitry-le-francois

    vitry-le-francois Well-Known Member

    Kyratango,

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

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Yes!
     
  5. terry5732

    terry5732 Well-Known Member

    Good luck trying to melt that stone.
     
  6. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    jade very hard...diamonds...the hardest
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

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

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

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

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Bet that's Hong Kong made.
     
  11. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  12. stracci

    stracci Well-Known Member

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

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  14. J Dagger

    J Dagger Well-Known Member

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

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    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.
     
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  16. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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


    :playful:
     
  17. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

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