Siberian "White" Nephrite Jade Earrings #1
350,00$
These are made from beautiful high grade off white with dark chocolate brown tipped Siberian nephrite jade. These are "bookmarked" to similar patterns on both earrings. This is slicing the jade side by side and then lining up the earring template to match on the two slices. These earrings are large. They are shaped like butterfly wings with the dark chocolate edge on the bottom. This is one of my best earrings. They are uniform in thickness and considered my standard flat surface earrings but they are very large earrings. These are statement earrings. All edges have been rounded and polished. The flat surface is highly polished and very reflective. I spend a lot of time on the detail of all my items which makes these a very nice high quality nephrite jade pair of earrings.
More pictures are available and encouraged on request.
The ear wire is 24 karat heavy gold plate over Sterling Silver.
Comes with clear Hypoallergenic Ear Wire Guards not shown in pictures.
Specifications
Height: 3.27" is length of jade
Width: 2.22"
Weight: 19.9 g (both earrings with ear-wires)
Grading
Material History
Siberian Nephrite Jade
The Sayan Mountains near Lake Baikal, in central Siberia, is the primary source of Siberian nephrite jade, with secondary mining occurring along the Onot River, south of nearby Irkutsk. Although some of the finest quality nephrite jade is formed here, Siberia’s severe weather conditions and inconsistent production means the raw stone is only accessible for two to three months of the year at most. Although Siberian nephrite jade can be leek green with minute flecks of black iron, it also comes in shades of white, off-white or brown shades or chatoyant (cat’s eye jade), black and a pale blue/green. Almost all colors in high quality are sought after with the whites, light greens and blue/green being the most sought after. Finding any material is difficult now days.
About
MY EARRINGS: Most of my earrings are made to enhance the colors and translucency of the jade/material they are made of. They can be cut thin to very thin so that when light enriches them, they glow. I also do this with some styles where the thin edges may glow. Some materials love light, some, the more opaque materials can show the colors in both light and darker environments. Most of my earrings are "book marked" with means cutting side by side to have similar patterns on both earrings. I also always take consideration of the weight of the earring for more comfortable wear. All these design considerations are hopefully to your delight.
** Note: Many items stated to be "Jade" on Etsy and Ebay are not. In many cases, price does not indicate this either so buying an expensive item may be a jade replica like glass. There are many other stones including agate, grossular garnet, serpentine (many forms), aventurine... being sold as jade. To make it worse and more complicated, many jadeite stones are being reconditioned and died to be very attractive so they pass general tests to be real. If you see very clear bangles, odds are they are agate, glass or something else. If you see very bright colors of red, yellow, purple... most likely not real. I say this as many buyers are being fooled on-line by these practices.