Jadeite Lovers

[peacechick]

Here's a recent find of mine from a job lot of 'costume jewellery'. I suspect it's a 19th century pendant that has been mounted in white gold and exported to the west as a brooch.

It's 2 inches in length, weighs 15 grams, and has a baby dragon/ 'chilong' climbing up the side.

The colours in the photos are how it looks in real life...













I will be sending it off to a local gem laboratory to get tested for treatments asap.

The luster looks lovely! I see some brown inclusions that would seem to indicate it was not bleached. Hope you get positive news! And fwiw I think the brooch setting is very pretty too, maybe slip a cord through the top carved loop and you can wear it both ways.

 

[mina78]

Thanks @peacechick, I'll update this thread when I get the report back.

 

[jadenewbie]

Hi I’m Jadeite.101 and I’m new to the forums. Been reading the jadeite forums and decided to make a thread about Jadeite aficionados hoping to chat with fellow jadeite lovers. Just a bit of a background I’m from the Philippines. It’s unfortunate however that a lot of Filipinos are used to cheap, treated, dyed jadeite or imitations sold at bargain bin prices. That when they go to places such as China, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Singapore they are shocked at how fine quality jadeite can reach astronomical prices. Just here to promote jadeite love and to share some of my collections.

1st Image is an Icy Jadeite Bracelet Colorless. Measuring 16mm. Translucent in person, mountain jadeite. It’s the 1st Jadeite bracelet that I actually bought. And costs about $2,200 US. Bought 2014.

2nd Image is a collection of Icy Jadeite Bracelets. Completely Colorless and Highly Translucent, River Jadeite. Equal Color, Texture and Transparency. 14mm each. Costing about $20,200 US. Since I bought them as a single strand necklace before having them restrung into 3 bracelets. Bought 2019.

3rd Image is a collection of bright apple green jadeite bead bracelets 12mm, 12mm and 14mm. Each costing about $1,700, $2,000, $2,400 US. Bought 2018.

4rth Image is a pair of Lavender Jadeite bead bracelets both 14mm. I call them my Double Happiness Bracelets. Each costing about $3,500 US. Bought 2019.

I source my Jadeite from a friend in Hong Kong who sources rough directly from Myanmar. She is gracious enough to tell me whether jadeite is treated, dyed or the real deal Type A jadeite.

Jadeites pictured are a personal collection and NFS. Bracelets are actually much larger but removed some beads for bracelet to fit my arm snugly.


Hope you appreciate them. Enjoy

These look amazing! I'm from the philippines too and just bought my first jadeite piece, a simple barrel. Still a student so my price range would probably be max $500 a year. For a newbie of this budget, do you recommend any sources? And any advice on customs problems for pieces upwards 10k pesos?