Evaluating jadeite (feicui)

[Crimson]

That is a fantastic piece! You are so lucky to enjoy such lovely jadeite selections!

Just had Easter dinner with Mom and wore the lavender beads. I really love them.

Happy Easter! Such a sweet photo, @MMtwo. Hope you had a lovely dinner with your Mom. Does she like your necklace? Sending you a large art Easter egg from, Bloomsbury Park in London. The Easter egg trail is on till 27 April so I hope to see more!

 

[Autumn in New England]

Hello jade lovers, could you please help me choose between the two? Both bangles are around $11k USD. Green has tiny chip on the surface but no stone lines. Lavender has stone lines within. I love the water content in the green but the purple just draws me in. The green is about 8mm thick and lavender is 9.6mm.

Lavender, lavender, lavender!

 

[Autumn in New England]

I love that this has become a place where old and new members can come to ask for opinions.

 

[Bookwyrm]

Hello jade lovers, could you please help me choose between the two? Both bangles are around $11k USD. Green has tiny chip on the surface but no stone lines. Lavender has stone lines within. I love the water content in the green but the purple just draws me in. The green is about 8mm thick and lavender is 9.6mm.

Ahh I'm no help as I'm definitely no expert on jadeite, but I just wanted to say I think both the green and purple bangles are very pretty! The green appears very slighly bluish on my screen and is just beautiful! Ahhhh I think I might be leaning slightly more towards the green - it seems more glowy and the colour is

 

[Seastheday]

If I win the lottery, or decide to skip my mortgage payments lol, I would buy this little jade fox in a heartbeat. 1920s art deco piece with seed pearls.

Sadly it’s $12,500 USD. Ugh.

 

[Seastheday]

I did reach out to the vendor re the fox piece above and they were very quick to respond. But, no certificate for the jade sadly.

 

[LC2016]

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[pomo_juice]

Hello jade lovers, could you please help me choose between the two? Both bangles are around $11k USD. Green has tiny chip on the surface but no stone lines. Lavender has stone lines within. I love the water content in the green but the purple just draws me in. The green is about 8mm thick and lavender is 9.6mm.

Have you seen them in person? If not, I'd go with green (with return policy if possible), a much safer choice than lavender. From ur second set of pics, the lavender's texture looks rough (like marble... which is expected of lavender lol). Also, I'm sure you know, but lavender under natural light can look ded (greyish... and the blues as well). Also, for rougher/"newer" texture, I'm not sure about this one in particular, but the jadeite can "turn" color as they "lose the water" so to speak. There's also a bit of yellow/brownish tinge (barely... idk if it's just a picture inaccuracy) on the green, as long as the vendor can promise the color won't "turn", it's up to your aethestics.

 

[dster1]

Have you seen them in person? If not, I'd go with green (with return policy if possible), a much safer choice than lavender. From ur second set of pics, the lavender's texture looks rough (like marble... which is expected of lavender lol). Also, I'm sure you know, but lavender under natural light can look ded (greyish... and the blues as well). Also, for rougher/"newer" texture, I'm not sure about this one in particular, but the jadeite can "turn" color as they "lose the water" so to speak. There's also a bit of yellow/brownish tinge (barely... idk if it's just a picture inaccuracy) on the green, as long as the vendor can promise the color won't "turn", it's up to your aethestics.

Thanks for your input. Agree the texture of the lavender is pretty rough but I’m surprised the green is priced slightly lower. Maybe it’s because of the little nick on the surface? I can’t see these in person and although I can return, I may just hold off until there’s a piece I feel like I MUST have. I’ve been going back and forth between these two for about a month now. Given the price point, I should truly love it.