Cutting a Cabochon out of Nephrite Jade from Washington State- Rough to Cabochon 

I'm from Bremerton and I just got into rock hounding and found one of these and now I'm hooked. Great content!

Love this Poor Boy Jade.. Ive got a hunk i bought at a rockshop in Auburn Wa. some 20 years ago!

That's a beautiful piece.

So proud of you guys! Great work! ❤

Would be awesome to see some videos of your guys on the hunt, maybe giving tips and best practices along the way?

Great video . Thanks for the content. Put some glasses on when cutting so you can keep it up.

Good!

Righteous düds!! Don’t know how I haven’t discovered any of your vids on YT until now...

The fact that the piece you sawed off broke in two tells me that rock is serpentine, and not jade. Also chipping pieces off like that with a rock chisel would be impossible if the rock was jade.

If you want to get rid of your opaque green jade let me know....

Did you say the "poor boy" claim? Ive never seen Washington jade of that color or clarity.

Hey there!! I live out in Big Sur CA and hunt jade so often and have some really good pieces so its time for me to learn how to polish these guys, so I have a few questions: 1. Can I polish these by hand and if so is 600 and up the best? 2. Do you know how fire resistant jade is ? I would like to use precious metal clay for bezels and bails. 3. Can I pay you for a one on one via zoom maybe to help me through this process perhaps ? Anything helps !!

Wow, I want to have one to have a pendant.

Your pieces online are very beautiful, and not pretentious at all. Does the opal come from here in Washington as well? I assume they do, even though supposedly we dont have that type of opal. I have lived here my whole life and never even imagined we had gems so amazing here, let alone the quality and rarity that we do. Thanks for the educational videos. I’m going to try my hand at shaping a small cab

Thanks for the information. I've been hunting jade for a while and can relate to your comment about scarcity. Do you mind if I ask what saw you are using?

This guy has a sexy voice lol. Very cool seeing the process from start to finish!

Where's your dip stick and dip wax

i need lots of Jade, half tone

You sure this isn't serpinteen jade doesn't chip off like it did when you hit it with the chisel bit unless it was extremely fractured

small piece are ok, like mozaick, to cover face, for monument

is blue stone, in nature, rarer than green?

I have 5kg jadeite

Where in washington are you?

Is that jade?!?

of green Jade, mybe i need 50kg dont know

no, 4.02

ok, blue go to point...but