Re: Curious about Jade appraisal

On Mar 5, 3:58 pm, t_pas...@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Incidentally, the dealer did tell me about the "Burma" Jade and
supposedly this is Burma Jade, A-grade stuff. I don't know about
nephrite and jadeite, etc., his English wasn't perfect, obviously.
It's white, as I said, with green flakes, purple shadows and the more
I wear it, the more I like it.

From your description it's clearly jadeite and not nephrite.

And thanks to Peter for the elaborations, I think I bought the right
material beads, going for jadeite rather than nephrite.

Maren
HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry
http://www.hilobeads.com/
(yes, I know, I shouldn't call that jewelry here, I'm just a bead
person)
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