MikeS
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Post by MikeS on Jan 11, 2009 2:34:38 GMT -5
Hi all... Here are some photos of a bit of my Wyoming Jade....hope you enjoy... Edwards Black Jade  Miracle Mile Emerald Jade  Apple Green Jade  Olive Green Jade cabachons  Tumbled Black/olive green jade nuggets  Honey Olive Jade slick  Dark Olive Jade Slab  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2009 3:17:57 GMT -5
Drool, Drool, I am liking that! The first photo, black jade. Is it mined or can anyone find it? Wyoming jade is famous for its felted jade. Would love to find a chunk I could carve. Haven't the clue on what the rules are there.
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 11, 2009 8:21:53 GMT -5
Green, green, I love the green! The apple and the honey olive are so darn cool. Thanks! Jo
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Post by frane on Jan 11, 2009 9:11:08 GMT -5
I never knew you had so much jade there in Wyoming! It seems to have even tumbled well and the cabs are beautiful so I am really liking the stuff you find there!
Thanks for sharing!
Fran
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Post by MidNight~Rocksi3 on Jan 11, 2009 11:32:31 GMT -5
(whistles) wow I didn't know you could find Jade outside the ocean! How cool is that!! That emerald Jade Rocks!! but man I can't keep my eyes off that first and third one.. and my favorite is Black so wow.. man i'm like tripping on all your pics!! Love the shine too..
*smiles*
Roxy
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MikeS
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Post by MikeS on Jan 11, 2009 13:11:09 GMT -5
Thanks all... That edwards black jade is a specimen from my dad's collection, it came from a location that is currently closed to collecting. However many very similar pieces can be found in other locations. I'm currently working on a baseball sized piece of very pure black jade we found this fall. Actually a lot of the nephrite in Wyoming is considered "black", although it is difficult to find specimens as dark and as pure as the jade from the edwards area. The apple green variety is much more difficult to come by these days. It's the most sought after, and the areas where it is found have been picked pretty clean over the decades. However, the area it can be found is vast, and not as many people look for it now. New surface erosion is exposing undiscovered specimens all the time, so if one is paitent and willing to travel off the beaten path a bit, it can still be found. As for carving, Wyoming nephrite is ideal for it, because it is usually considerably more pure than nephrite found anywhere else in the lower 48. Here is a link, it has a picture of a horse carved into a thin slab of apple green wyoming nephrite... www.wsgs.uwyo.edu/gemstones/jade.aspx |
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Post by MikeS on Jan 11, 2009 16:54:52 GMT -5
A few more pics.... here is the Miracle Mile Black Jade piece I'm working on...cut but not yet polished...the color and purity are that of the edwards black jade  Dark olive slick  Dark Olive Snowflake slick...note the quartz inclusions...  |
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Post by sitnwrap on Jan 11, 2009 23:37:50 GMT -5
Those are great but that first pic of black Jade is awesome.
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Post by MikeS on Jan 12, 2009 2:10:31 GMT -5
yeah, the black jade is awesome...I always am happy when I find a nice pure piece of black jade....(actually, it isn't really black, it's just a very dark, opaqe green...you can see this if you slice it very thin and hold it up to a bright light...interesting factiod about black jade  ) |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2009 2:38:27 GMT -5
Mike thanks for posting the web site, it was very informative.
Keep on posting your finds, I for one never tire of them.
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Post by Bejewelme on Jan 12, 2009 23:52:26 GMT -5
WOW, first the opal post, and now the jade!!! WOW, this stuff is really beautiful. I can hardly pic a fav, but the green and honey colored is great.
Amber
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Post by MikeS on Jan 13, 2009 20:36:48 GMT -5
Glad you enjoyed the pictures... |
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