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Re: Raised crystals /Relic crystals

Posted By: wingchuntaiji
Posted Date: Feb 10, 2009 (12:25 AM)

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Dear Mike,

You are welcome to email me at [email protected] so that we can make some more in-depth discussions between you and I!

We always need more than just one observation to determine the age of a jade item. We need to look at all possible indications of any jade. I have developed certain techniques to aid in determining the age of archaic and antique jades especially on Sheng Keng archaic jades. Too bad, most people would not listen! I took advantage of my techniques for many years!

Raised crystals is just one of the indications. Most artificially raised crystals can still be identified by well-trained experts.

I am a traditional jade collector, and I prefer jades in their perfect state. During my time of active collecting, that was before China's urbanization. Most jades were Shou Keng. I actually keep just a very small amount of jades sepcimen showing raised crystals. These were the jade speciment that I acquired in the latest stage of my collecting. The archaic jades that I collected over the years mainly are free of raised crystals. I found one or two small sporadic clusters of tiny raised crystals on a few pieces, but they are not fully-covered with raised crystals!

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Re: Re: Raised crystals /Relic crystals - Mike - Feb 11, 2009 (06:25 AM)