I’m sure there are many reputable sellers in LA of all places! I’m not familiar with any in that area though, but in LA you can find most things...now if you were in San Francisco Bay Area I could be just a little bit more more helpful. Please take all the time you need with this....and keep learning all you can along the way!
Those are just gorgeous! I can’t believe the price... they look really opulent, bold and expensive. What great energy they have, like little bursts of joy.Oh, today, I am wearing my buddha ring with my pink tourmaline and then I took out my chrysoprase and moonstone earrings. They are set with tsavorites and diamonds. I was on a budget on this one, because it is chrysoprase and I did not want to spend a lot. Everything came in at around 1200 usd. Setting and stones all in one price. I bought the prase fro David of Multicolour but got someone else to set it.
You are right, It is a complex stone! That is a perfect example of what I meant by jadeite being anywhere from 80-100% jadeite to be classified as jadeite. For those pieces that have 80%, that means that 20% of the stone is made of un crystallized jadeite, ie other minerals. All jadeite starts out as other minerals, very commonly containing Albite. So parts of a boulder may still have areas of other minerals because it is an agglomerate stone with many changes within each boulder. Generally, the most icy clear pieces with microscopic grain are the most pure in terms of percentage of jadeite.
ChaiK, these are absolutely fabulous! Now I'm going to have to learn all about chrysoprase.Oh, today, I am wearing my buddha ring with my pink tourmaline and then I took out my chrysoprase and moonstone earrings. They are set with tsavorites and diamonds. I was on a budget on this one, because it is chrysoprase and I did not want to spend a lot. Everything came in at around 1200 usd. Setting and stones all in one price. I bought the prase fro David of Multicolour but got someone else to set it.
ChaiK, I bet you'll get an answer if ask your question in this RockyTalky thread:
What a great story! I like that color combination and the patterns in it. I know how you feel. I have a wide, blue jadeite bangle with a translucent, broken ice texture and clouds of lavender in it. It’s not my best bangle but it was not inexpensive either. I have loved it so much over the years. The energy of it feels good everytime I wear it. It really feels like an old friend. Once, when I was dancing, having a bangle on each wrist, I banged the blue one together with the other one really hard. My heart stopped for a minute thinking that it might have cracked. It made such a loud bang/chime. Thankfully there was no damage to either bangle.Today, the weather is gloomy. I am wearing my jade bangle and tanzanite ring. It is not the usual green jade bangles that I see but this bangle is very special to me. One time, it was sitting on my iPad and I did not see it. I simply grabbed at my iPad. I watched, in despair, as the jade bangle flew through the air, across the shelves, landing on the side of my bed, where it was soft. At that moment, I had never felt so relieved. So I have grown to love this bangle very very much. It is not my best bangle, but I wear it all the time. I can't explain the attachment I have to it. Oh, and my fingernails are black because I used indigo on my hair yesterday. Better clean up.
Thank you, Peter. Sorted. The mythical FedEx. I am not even sure if it is true that they would charge usd500 just to send some things. This is according to the vendor. I am feeling a bit nauseous and excited at my purchase, to be honest. When it comes, I will show you. I hope you have lots of good luck finding that elusive jadeite item you want.
Your necklace is amazing! I love that color... just gorgeous.My lavender necklace in normal light. These photos best represent its colour. These are between 12 to 15 mm in size. I want to restring it when I have the time
Gorgeous necklace ChaiK.
I'm still very much progressing thru the jade learning curve. Perhaps the most important thing I've learned is that, in the US market, pieces that don't have an AGL, GIA, or Mason-Kay cert are almost certainly polymer impregnated, and possibly dyed. It costs about $100 to get a cert, and pieces with certs are priced 5 to 10 times higher than pieces without certs. IMHO the only reason for a dealer not to get a cert is because they know that piece is treated.
I spent half a day looking around the LA jewelry district and didn't find anything that even came close to the color in Bluegemz lavender jade pendant
I was beginning to think such a color didn't exist , but then I looked more closely at the Mason-Kay color chart, and figure her pendant is in the 3-4 color range on the chart.
I did contact Mason-Kay and a rep told me that color range is very fine and top of the line. Their cabs in that color are priced from $8,500 to $16,000 !!!!! So far I haven't been allowed to access their site and see photos of their stones.
Our next stop will be LA's Chinatown, hoping we might have more jade luck there!
My lavender necklace in normal light. These photos best represent its colour. These are between 12 to 15 mm in size. I want to restring it when I have the time
That sounds like an epicly unique necklace!
Good luck throughout the process.
What a great idea! Sounds very unique and wonderful!
I’m so glad you like those colors together! Your beads really are amazing..that size is quite special. The variations of fresh color remind me of lavender cherry blossoms!
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