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ernest, anita and co

Posted By: hongshan
Posted Date: Dec 10, 2007 (03:49 PM)

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sorry for my poor english, but I hope you understand what I mean.
During some month I was very interested in your postings.
Your professionalism in given a statement, what is nephrite or not, made me astonished. But then I thought to myself: is the intention you posted coming from your heart or is it some kind of business???
I don't know. But you speak about nephrit, bowenite and serpentin. And you tell uninformed people to make a scratch test with metall.
To proof the hardness. Is this the right way to proof? I don't believe. Because some steel will make a scratch also in nephrite. As a specialist like you you must know it. Because nephrite change in hardness between 5.1 and 6.5. Some steel is hard enough to scratch. A real test is more simple. Scratch with the item on a piece of glass. Glass never is under 6. If this piece make a scratch, it must be nearly by 6.
Next point: what is your experience in nephrit. What can science do for testing it? What is about Thermoluzenz, UV, Cristal growing, influence from earthminerals, floating of electrons, more things which changes the nephrit totally?
Another question: in the ancient times they used no bowenite, no serpentine???
And also: what is the source you compare this item with the source? Any kind of museum? How actually they are? Are their jades they show without treatment?? If jade is treated by acid and oil to clean it, do you believe anybody is able to proof it again? I say no. No proof of cristal growing, no thermoluzenz, no uv, no other proofment can be done. All hints are destroyed. Why for heaven the curator do this way to destroy the jade and destroy all hints of origin? I want to get an idea for this.
What is the reason behind? When you compare such a piece, which was treated with one that is not treated, what do you think? Is there any chance to compare?
But you both, statement: it is modern, no nephrite. So I ask myself, what do you know really about nephrite. About stone, which will change surface and structure during time extremly. I want to know and learn. I love stones and I love nephrit. I have seen it in total different ways. I have good relation to geologist, who learned me a lot. But that is so different from your opinion, therefore please give me and other novice a chance to learn. Where is your experience coming from. My friend, a gelogist, a very well known international tells me, without a test, without a lot of proofments nobody is able to say it is this or this. But you can do. He asked me to speak to you and he is also interested in your answer.
So again: you see a picture and you can immedeatly say: no nephrit, perhaps bowenite, maybe serpentine.
He also wants to learn.

Don't take this personally, it is no attack, I am only an astonished person, who want to learn from most experienced people. Thank you.

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Re: ernest, anita and co - Anita Mui - Dec 11, 2007 (04:36 AM)
- Correction - Anita Mui - Dec 11, 2007 (12:04 PM)