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Re: Spider Web Jades?

Posted By: Stan
Posted Date: Feb 05, 2008 (06:32 AM)

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Bill,

You said:

>> "My theory is that while it is easier to fake the form and style of jade carvings it is harder to fake the unique jade materials because many of them are simply no longer available. This reflects on the special local nephrite jades used on many authentic Hongshan jade carvings. This type of nephrite has long been extinct."

Rocks are becoming extinct? This is news! A mine may play out, but there is another one over the hill. Many a gold mine is shuttered but we are still mining gold by the tons every year. Somewhere, as I am typing this, jade is slowly be created by natural processes just as it has for billions of years. Your theory is, well, crap.

>> "Of course, many collectors do not agree with me."

I'm on their side.

>> "However, there are many jade experts are now using jade typing in confirming the authenticities of unknown jade pieces by comparing them with known excavated archaic jade pieces."

It is possible to say a jade is similar or likely from the same source as another. That tells you little about its history. Was it mined yesterday or 1000 years ago? Was it carved yesterday or 1000 years ago?

Cheers,
Stan

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