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Subject: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Tue, Mar 08, 2016 IP: 91.122.15.30 I am terribly sorry to ask not art related question. |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Wed, Mar 09, 2016 Some more |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Superinvestor Thu, Mar 10, 2016 Are all these different slabs? |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Sat, Mar 12, 2016 Thanks for you answer |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Super Sun, Mar 13, 2016 Nothing wrong with translucency. However, based on my previous experience from studying and testing more than 1,000 piece of jade and soft stone carvings, roughs, slabs, I found that it was extremely rate to find nephrite that were translucent. I had only seen one carving that was made of quality white (with a tiny green tint) Hetian nephrite jade that at first looked like glass to me, with metallic sound, only after testing it, found its MOH hardness to be between 6.5-7, with a S.D. at around 2.96. Some time jadeite can be translucent, but very often a translucent stone is either softer stone (serpentine) or agate (with hardness close to 7). The piece shown on your fourth picture (from top to bottom) shows one can see the US dollar bill under the jade slab, simply did not resemble any nephrite I had seen. Possibly sugar jade from Liaoning? Rumor that there was nephrite jade being found there once. |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Mon, Mar 14, 2016 How i acquired those stones? It took years. Mostly from geologist community. I am always buying unusual nephrite and beg to look for more unusual for me. So, it was more like personal collection until i learned how to polish it. |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Fri, Mar 18, 2016 Hello again |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Fri, Mar 18, 2016 Another three photos |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Super Sun, Mar 20, 2016 Do you know the original sources (where they were mined) of your "nephrite" slabs? They are really different than any nephrite I had seen before. Their texture and translucency still look more like that of quartz to me. Of course, you may be right. It would be great if you can test their densities. |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Mon, Mar 21, 2016 I might see the root of the misunderstanding now. The texture you mentioned. Snake skin like surface, right? It is usually left on slabs because it takes too much efforts to give nephrite literally mirror like finish. That's why my slabs might look more transparent than usual to you, and smoother surface provide lighter color as well. |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Hana Wed, Apr 24, 2019 Hi Pavel, |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Thu, Apr 25, 2019 Year 2016, wow. |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Mon, Mar 21, 2016 Last purchased stones. |
Subject:I believe they are nephrite
Posted By: Super Mon, Mar 21, 2016 Pavel, thanks for posting pictures of your jade roughs and after looking at them I believe most or all of them are indeed nephrite though I have to readily admit I have not seen such interesting colors (like those in your second and third picture in your first message). I especially like the green ones with black patches in the second picture of your second message, they have the unique look of Russian nephrite jade. As a matter of fact, in late Qing and early Republic periods, this type of spinach green nephrite jade were used for carvings and every time I saw carvings made of this type of Russian nephrite jade, they fetched pretty high prices. I did not have a lot of luck in acquiring any Russian nephrite jade samples (like the green ones) due to its high price and I do not know if I could trust some of their sellers. Again, thanks for sharing. It is kind of amazing to see how different a slab and a rough may look, even of the same material. Super |
Subject:Re: I believe they are nephrite
Posted By: Pavel Wed, Mar 23, 2016 Yes, it is hard to acquire Russian nephrite this days, Chines bought it all. Literally. They payed in advance for all good nephrite major mining companies will find in next five or ten years. |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Wed, Mar 09, 2016 Those are only slabs, not carved. A Chinese carver might be interested. Or, get some stands, and use them as display pieces. |
Subject:Re: Help me please with nephrite value
Posted By: Pavel Sun, Mar 13, 2016 All those are almost ready pendants. I am not into "Tiger kissing a lotus", "strange doughnut" and etsetra Chines carving. People cant wear them to office. |
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