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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kardinalisimo, post: 128541, member: 118&quot;]I am asking because every second Chinese carving is advertised as jade and go figure which one is real and which one is other type of stone.</p><p>From what I know, a sure way to test it is to measure the density. But I am not very good at doing that. Plus sometimes the pieces are mounted on bases, mixed with other metals and materials etc so test is hard to performed.</p><p>I&#039;ve read mixed opinions about the hardness and if nephrite and very old jadeite can or cannot be scratched with steel blade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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