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 Post subject: A river jade stone
PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 9:41 am 
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Hello

Here is the stone i bought few days ago. Hope someone will find it interesting. Personally i love them and always struggle when it's time to cut them for good )

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 Post subject: Re: A river jade stone
PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:20 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: A river jade stone
PostPosted: Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:22 pm 
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I love them too. Such a unique and wonderful texture when you hold them.

Wishing you good luck when you saw it.


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 Post subject: Re: A river jade stone
PostPosted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 1:03 pm 
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I don't think that is a river stone. It appears to be similar to the actinolitic jade you would find underwater at Big Sur, California. It would make a nice suseiki (viewing stone). How much does it weigh and what did you pay for it?

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 2:01 pm 
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I was thinking along a similar line, Nephrite. Easy to test...


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 Post subject: Re: A river jade stone
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thomas.adamas wrote:
I don't think that is a river stone. It appears to be similar to the actinolitic jade you would find underwater at Big Sur, California. It would make a nice suseiki (viewing stone). How much does it weigh and what did you pay for it?


As i was told, this stone was the part of a massive block. Its position was never affected during its time in the river which may explain its appearance.
It weighted 1,6kg and i paid 450$ for it. Which is a bit on a high end but its form factor is ideal to incorporate all natural surfaces as pendants backsides.


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PostPosted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:55 am 
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I would consider that doubtful. Jade doesn't naturally take on this type of polish.

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Stephen Challener wrote:
I would consider that doubtful. Jade doesn't naturally take on this type of polish.


Well, the stone cavities do not differ it their appearance from the other surfaces which would be extremely hard to achieve with any polishing techniques i am aware about.


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It looks similar to other polished jade chunks I have seen offered. I am not sure what technique they use on them.

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I am not sure where you are located, but all questions could be answered easily in a proper lab.


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jademan wrote:
thomas.adamas wrote:
I don't think that is a river stone. It appears to be similar to the actinolitic jade you would find underwater at Big Sur, California. It would make a nice suseiki (viewing stone). How much does it weigh and what did you pay for it?


As i was told, this stone was the part of a massive block. Its position was never affected during its time in the river which may explain its appearance.
It weighted 1,6kg and i paid 450$ for it. Which is a bit on a high end but its form factor is ideal to incorporate all natural surfaces as pendants backsides.


That comes to USD281.25/kg which is very expensive for that rock compared to Cassiar from B.C. or Siberian nephrite. Part of a massive block? Perhaps several hundred thousand years ago, but it has been a separate piece for a long time.

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jademan wrote:
Stephen Challener wrote:
I would consider that doubtful. Jade doesn't naturally take on this type of polish.


Well, the stone cavities do not differ it their appearance from the other surfaces which would be extremely hard to achieve with any polishing techniques i am aware about.


A jade rock could be smoothed and polished with diamond polishing pads and finished with a rotary diamond tool. If that rock were so polished, many hours of work would be required.

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Stephen Challener wrote:
I would consider that doubtful. Jade doesn't naturally take on this type of polish.


Neither you or I have actually inspected the rock, and I have seen some nephrite jades with a reflective polish without human action.

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thomas.adamas wrote:
Stephen Challener wrote:
I would consider that doubtful. Jade doesn't naturally take on this type of polish.


Neither you or I have actually inspected the rock, and I have seen some nephrite jades with a reflective polish without human action.

I'll trust you on that, but I have not. I have seen tons of roughly shaped and polished samples of nephrite for sale though.

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