Gem Buying Guide How to Buy a Gemstone The good news is we can teach you about gemstone quality. After you read our gem buying advice, you will know more than the average jeweler. The bad news is that you will...
Unfortunately, the majority of green jade on eBay is polymer treated, this is especially true of that coming from China. Regardless of what the seller says, no one can realistically sell "Imperial" quality...
Jade refers collectively to two different minerals-jadeite (also called soft jade) and nephrite (also called "ancient jade" or hard jade). Jadeite and nephrite have different physical and chemical...
The dark history of a precious gemstone, this book looks back to the historic ravages that jadeite created in the wake of its discovery. Found in only one earthly spot--Burma--this gem has held the rapacious appetites of people such as Kublai Khan....
The dark history of a precious gemstone, this book looks back to the historic ravages that jadeite created in the wake of its discovery. Found in only one earthly spot--Burma--this gem has held the rapacious appetites of people such as Kublai Khan....