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The more transparence or translucency
jade is
the higher the the value. It is sometimes a real challenge for a jade
buyer to guess what could be in the stone he or she buys. It's not
possible to look into the stone which means a lot of experience and
luck is needed to select the the raw material to get a great piece
of jewelry out of it afterwards.
This is especially crucial when
buying jade at an auction such as the Yangon emporium where most of
jadeite is sold on a worldwide scale, its a risky business. Some
seller cut the boulder to give a better insight, also
drilling into the stone is done frequently since really
nobody can look into.
Drilling is very
normal also when creating the jewelry because carving
usually means drilling, there is no real carving, this is
already one of the hardest material on earth how to carve,
they drill.
In the age of
electric machines it works at a reasonable speed but imagine
how they created this items before, they used manual machine
moving the driller by a string back and forward since was
one of the reason why creating Chinese jade jewelry took
always a extreme long time. |
Jade jewelry,
Jade,
jadeite,
jade bangles,
jade rings, |
