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Wyoming Edwards Black Nephrite Jade Bangle #7-Your Custom Size

Precio

2.500,00$

Indulge in the timeless elegance of our Wyoming Edwards Black Nephrite Jade Bangle #7, meticulously handcrafted to your custom size. At JadeDivers, we pride ourselves in offering truly handmade jade jewelry, ensuring each piece is uniquely yours. Our commitment to authenticity means we never use dyed or treated materials, guaranteeing the natural beauty and durability of your bangle. Elevate your collection with a piece of history of the Edwards black jade that is known to be the best black jade in the world. This bangle will reflect both sophistication and our dedication to quality craftsmanship.

 

The Edwards Black jade appears to be mined out since the 60’s but its rarity may also be influenced by the difficulty and safety mining too deep in the earth.The red rind surface material was collected first. Once that was all collected the mining began retrieving the white rind material that was subsurface. The red rind is rarer and harder to find and provides a wonderful edge color if it can be incorporated into the artful piece of jewelry. With this potential bangle, the color combinations are rare and exquisite. The material has the "Red" outer rind allowing the outer edge of the stone for color contrast potential. The material as seen from the side has a red outer edge fading to a grey/sage to pure black. The color transition is optimal. The bangle can be made with one side black fading to a reddish brown on the other side with a fading of the sage to black in between. It can also have a genuinely nice brick red edge in one area. The Wyoming Edwards black bangle on top of the stone represents a perfect option in size and style but can be made in other designs/styles. The example "Edwards bangle" measures approximately 60.5mm I.D x 13mm Width. 

 

With most projects there is the option to create additional items from the same stone. Costs for additional items will be discussed personally and will depend on the additions, how much material is used and the difficulty of the added items. Options like earrings, beads, Pi-discs, and pendants can be added to this project. In some cases, matching bangles can be made. The listing cost for this project is for one bangle without additions.

 

Note: Layaway plans are available at checkout provided by the different payment apps, which offer flexible payment options ranging from 2 months to as far as 3 years. Support our unparalleled custom unique one of a kind, non-mass produced and timeless value of our jade jewelry today.

Specifications

Bangle Specifications:

Price is stated at $2,500 for any size bangle and up to about 15mm in width for a live edge and 13mm for a bangle like shown in the pictures.

Grading

Grading Total: 10 will be when finished

Grading Specifics

  • Integrity:               10
  • Grain/Fiber:         10
  • Translucency:      N/A
  • Color impact:       10
  • Polish:                     10
  • Workmanship:     10

GRADING DEFINITIONS - JADE
Integrity:          Ability to withstand impact. (Fractures, micro-fractures and brittleness)
Grain/Fiber:          Fine crystalline (Jadeite) or fine fiber (nephrite)
Translucency:    Light penetration into material from a light source
Color impact:    Expected color from material (There are different expectations from different jades from around the world and the jade source locations.)
Polish:   Ability to take a polish. Not all items are high polish but the ability to take a high polish shows a certain aspect in quality.
Workmanship:   Consistency of smoothness, edges, thickness and polish.

Grading Scale:

  • 7 to 10: High     
  • 4 to 6: Medium
  • 1 to 3: Low
Material History

WYOMING NEPHRITE JADE:
"Wyoming apple green nephrite jade is known across the world as some of the finest nephrite jade ever created by mother nature". I have worked jade from all over the world and have to attest to this beginning statement made by Bob Scholl that most Wyoming jade is simply underrated as most of it has the finest and most consistent grain I have worked. It's not just the Wyoming "Apple" or "Edwards black" that is of this high quality but even the lesser known quality materials are superior. Wyoming jade does come in all qualities and some is low quality but even what jade experts call a "dirty" jade that has visibly seen impurities/inclusions can still be superb quality compared to other high quality jade from around the world with little or no inclusions. Wyoming jade is simply a unique micro-fiber jade that is a jade carvers dream.

About My Bangles

I am adding additional information on the grading of each bangle. The purpose is to help educate all buyers and give people the appropriate information to better understand their purchase, and in the case of “high-end bangles,” their investment. This grading information is my personal attempt to inform others of the qualities of the material on a particular item. There are so many false jades, modified jade and simply inferior jade being passed off to uninformed buyers. I usually only work with high quality, untreated materials, but the materials do vary in quality even within the same stone so this will point out and identify everything about each bangle. When artists work on a piece of jade (in this case, a bangle), they get to personally know everything about the bangle. Many online sellers (including ETSY), are selling bangles made by production methods (CNC or many operators doing only one part of the process at a time), which also means a seller will have no personal knowledge of the item.

** 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.

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