Jade

This is the “Bone Crusher”. It was almost named “Jade in the Stone” like Sword in the stone as it was found in a small slot in a reef where I had to pull it out like the Sword in the Stone story. It was also almost named “Blue Salmon” as for the Suiseki resemblance […]

“Bone Crusher”-Big Sur Pacific Blue Vulcan Display Specimen

I call this piece “Butter Boy” because the colors look like burnt butter and the various shapes on it remind me of melting butter. It is a rare and beautiful large Vulcan colored Ocean Slick. This is a close up of one area. The actual stone has colors of orange, yellow, green and silver. This […]

Vulcan Jade Specimen “Butter Boy”

This slick is locally called “Pumpkin Jade”. It is very sought after for it’s color contrasts. It is acutally a combination of Nephrite Jade and Hydorgrossular Garnet (HGG) The yellow/orange colors in the slick are the HGG. I did a specific gravity test on this slick to verify its weight falling in between that of […]

Big Sur Jade Slick “Pumpkin Jade”

Here is a close up of some really nice light green nephrite jade from Big Sur California with vulcan Orange staining in the cracks.

Light Green Nephrite Jade with Vulcan

This is one of the rarest colors of jadeite in the world. This material comes from Turkey. The colors are very nice but the translucency is not high. With the nice colors of this material, the lack of high translucency is less a factor in my opinion. I have purchased a bulk amount of this […]

Turkish Lavender Jadeite

This is a close up of some real nice light blue green jade with chromium colors. The actual piece weights more than 25 lbs. and is completely solid with this color throughout.

Big Sur Light Green/Blue Jade Slick

This is a perfect 30 pound Ocean Polished black jade Slick. I use it in some of my pictures as a back drop. Found in about 30 feet of water in a gravel bed. It was barely showing when I found it so I had to dig the gravel out from around it. Did it […]