a few points
Re: Jade, jadeite, nephrite, glass or jade treated beads bought from Myanmar. -- Richard7 Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: TASART Mail author
10/18/2014, 07:23:39

A simple scratch test would differentiate between Nephrite Jade and Serpentine, both could be color enhanced as well. Some of the green beads appear to be glass and some a natural stone, if they scratch with a Swiss Army knife then it is probably Serpentine or similar, if it doesn't scratch but leaves a metallic streak then it is probably Glass or Nephrite Jade. If this were Jadeite in a natural color the individual bead price could be in the thousand dollar and up range, outside of royal collections, museums or corporate holdings, you will probably never find this many similar natural Jadeite beads assembled in any one place so I am ruling that out automatically. If you were to back-light them and you see air bubbles then they are 100% glass.....You may actually have some stone and some glass based on the photos.



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