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Why Type B Jade Turns Yellow: What Happens to T...

A treated jade bangle can look beautiful on the day you buy it. The question nobody asks at the counter is what it will look like in ten years. That...

How to Buy a Jade Bangle as a Gift Without Know...

You want to give someone a jade bangle. You cannot ask her wrist size without ruining the surprise, and a bangle has no clasp and no adjustment — it either...

Jade Around the World: Chinese, Maori and Mesoa...

Most jade writing treats the stone as a Chinese story. It is a Chinese story — but it is also a Maori story and a Mesoamerican one, and those cultures...

Can Jade Be Scratched or Repolished? Surface Ca...

You have noticed a dull patch or a faint line on your jade bangle and you want to know two things: how it happened, and whether it can be fixed....

How to Read a Jade Certificate (and Spot a Fake...

You have a jade certificate in front of you, covered in numbers and abbreviations, and you are not sure whether it means anything. That instinct is correct — plenty of...

Fake Jade Materials: Glass, Serpentine, and Dye...

Not all "fake jade" is the same. Some pieces are real jade that has been treated, and some are not jade at all, they are entirely different materials cut and...