samy
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Post by samy on Jul 18, 2015 3:36:01 GMT -5
Hello all,
On a recent trip to the Bug Sur area I found a small piece of dark blue jade, what I believe is to be jade. I did the simple tests verify jade and it passed. I hand polished it with silicon carbide wet/dry sand paper and diamond paste like I have done to other pieces of jade and it polished like it.
Now I have looked all over the internet trying to find Big Surprise jade of the same color and could find none. Is this jade, or something else?
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samy
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Post by samy on Jul 18, 2015 3:52:36 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on Jul 18, 2015 6:00:59 GMT -5
welcome to the forum! I am a jade enthusiast but have no working knowledge of it. There are jade lovers here who will probably chime in soon though.
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Henry
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Post by Henry on Jul 18, 2015 12:14:43 GMT -5
Hello there. If it is that dark of a blue piece (almost black) it's probably from Willow Creek? Can you do me a favor and take a picture of it in dusk sunlight. It's a little easier to see the colors. Does it have a waxy surface? OR, surface translucency?
---Henry---
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samy
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Post by samy on Jul 18, 2015 12:43:22 GMT -5
Hi Henry,
It is from willow creek. It was pretty rough when I found it. I polished it last night so its smooth but not completely glassy.
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samy
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Post by samy on Jul 18, 2015 13:08:45 GMT -5
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Henry
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Post by Henry on Jul 18, 2015 14:08:09 GMT -5
Samy-
It's still hard to tell the exact color, but it appears to be the jade I find on occasion.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 19, 2015 15:53:29 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum and SCORE!!!!!!!! Nice piece!!!
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Post by snowmom on Jul 21, 2015 5:23:38 GMT -5
 true blue, very pretty! |
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Henry
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Post by Henry on Jul 21, 2015 9:58:31 GMT -5
For some reason I have better resolution on my phone. Definitely dark blue! Awesome job. The blue stuff is becoming more rare as of late.
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Post by gingerkid on Jul 21, 2015 11:36:46 GMT -5
That's a gorgeous piece of Big Sur jade, samy. Very nice color and polish!  How long did it take you to polish it by hand? |
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samy
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Post by samy on Jul 21, 2015 21:25:52 GMT -5
It took me about 1.5 hrs
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samy
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Post by samy on Jul 21, 2015 21:32:15 GMT -5
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samy
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Post by samy on Jul 21, 2015 21:33:42 GMT -5
Here is one my wife found |
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Post by snowmom on Jul 22, 2015 5:40:01 GMT -5
 another beautiful one. I've been told there is jade in MI, I keep looking but haven't found any yet. (jealous!) |
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Henry
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Post by Henry on Jul 22, 2015 6:01:55 GMT -5
Wowsers! Nice.
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