I love how you know what you know and don't try to pretend when you don't, Im trying to learn all I can about jade, I have some B.C. jade and its the best ive ever seen, you guys got the green gold for sure , thanks for the info ; )
I live on the east coast of USA... I find small chunks of nephrite in a nearby stream. The largest piece I’ve found is only about golf ball sized... but it’s like lime green into deep green with touches of light aqua tones. Such a pretty stone. You taught me a lot about the difference inclusions to look for as I rock hound.
Follow the pieces as they bigger the closer you will get to the source or get on your local geoportal and find where there are fault and folds probably near that.
Garry Anderson ... thank you... the fault line is a giant river that goes halfway up the coast. And is confused by a myriad of different geological anomalies. I’ve worked my way up some. Started with only finding small pebbles here and there. I dont get much time... it’s only a hobby. And a lot of places is trespassing.... was looking for gold... but love this stone. Easier then gold sometimes.
That's cool, you might be able to tell where it's coming from by looking on GE.Just patiently follow the creek and check where there might have been subduction zones. Check out the video on washington Nephrite it's called the Jade cave creek walk part one.It will give you an idea of what we have over here..
We have beautiful African Jade which is dark green and no visible black marks in or around but seams as though when we received the rocks they have white flake cracks all around and cant really see if the cracks penetrate any deeper. the colours are just intense though. do you think the cracks can be alleviated somehow!
Towards the end of the video around 14:23 you're referring to the black spots/dots/inclusions formed by iron in the jade as being undesirable traits, but what about "spinach" nephrite which is found in Siberia, I think, and probably one of my favorite types of jade? That particular jade is distinguished by its black spots and extremely deep rich green hues and, I thought, fairly valuable. And thanks for the loads of invaluable guidance and information that you provide in these uploads. Much appreciated.
It depends what market you're in. China prefers no black dots in bc jade, and we export almost all our jade to that country. I don't know of the spinash jade I which you're referring from russia, but in Canadian bc jade... Black dots are pretty much a bad thing no matter who you're selling to- Even locally in north america
My big question: do you find those large pieces on private or public land? And, are there mining regulations and expenses that limit your successfulness? Thank you. Your enthusiasm is contagious.
All this jade comes from claims. Most are crown land... There may be some on private land. The road into many of the northern claims goes through reserve land.
How much did you pay for a piece that size? I want to buy a big piece of jade but i just want an idea of how much it would cost or something twice time that size?
Can nephrite jade be found in rivers on the west coast ? I ask because a rock I posted on reddit with pics and posted it again in a video clip and two different people told me it looks like nephrite jade how could I know for certain ?? Thank you
Green jasper is not the same as nephrite. They are very different. Green jasper is abundant, so is serpentine. Jade is very rare, but you do have it in Washington
@@RubbleRockAndGem wow thank you for the reply!!! I found an old quarry in Kitsap county that I've gathered a bunch of green jasper, but some of the stones are very much more pronounced green. Most are a dark green. I'm having trouble figuring out how to tell if maybe one or two of the stones are nephrite.. I use this rock identifying app and it actually identifies one of the stone as jadeite, but i think it's wrong. So hard to tell!
I was a construction worker and we break rocky mountains with dynamite and I see most rocks inside looks like the rock you have is it possible it's a jade?
The translucency, colour and inclusions. Serpentine has significantly more black spots almost "evenly distributed" if it's the Fraser river boulders. If it's hard rock mined, then structure based on the grain and how easily it cumbles.
@@RubbleRockAndGem Serpentine is noticeably softer than B.C. Nephrite. Carve Serpentine, but always sell it as such. Honesty. A well-carved piece of Serpentine is always better than a poorly carved piece of Nephrite
You are correct , I've collected some Pre- columbian nephrite jade figures , didn't know the real value , a friend of mine came to my house , and ended up with some , nephrite jade , and pottery vases , gave them because my wife kept on saying that they were haunted . So gave him a couple of pieces , later I found out he sold them for over $ 67000 dollars . I still have many pieces , most came from Guatemala ,El Salvador , and Mexico .
