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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kardinalisimo, post: 268048, member: 118&quot;]What&#039;s the hardness? It&#039;s not advisable to scratch with steel blade but I usually do on unnoticeable areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, if we take Christies for example ( not saying they are the biggest experts, they make mistakes too), I don&#039;t recall seeing a piece sold as Xiuyan jade.</p><p>Don&#039;t get me wrong, Chinese have used all kind of stones for carvings, and if old and good quality it can fetch a nice amount. </p><p>I just wonder why there are not old high end jade pieces that were made of Xiu but either jadeite or nephrite?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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