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Re: Re: Re: Fake Archaic Jades

Posted By: Tim
Posted Date: Sep 18, 2008 (02:24 AM)

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That is correct, as I wrote in my email on 9/12 the exposed green areas seem to have a hardness of 5 - 6 and as Anita pointed out the bi disk was polished smooth, which I thought was odd as well in addition to the unusual patina coloring, which is nothing close to what I have seen in any museum.

My original point was it seems that the fakers appear to be using a material that has the characteristics of nephrite making it a bit harder to tell if they are fake or not to those who maybe lacking the expertise and experience of knowing what the correct patina should look like of real archaics. Additionally, I wanted to point out that it seems these pieces have an undercoat of green material and magically some subtle areas are exposed so the seller can see this, so they would think they are buying a real nephrite piece that looks archaic.

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