Big Sur "Flower Jade" Nephrite Jade Pi-Disc #4
125,00$
This is a large "Flower" Nephrite Jade Pi-Disc from Big Sur California. This is rare color for Big Sur. Nice light green and gray with whitish flower mixes. The disc is slightly tapered in thickness from the center to the outer edge which is only slightly flat. All edges have been rounded and polished. I spend a lot of time on the detail of all my items which makes this a very nice high quality nephrite jade Pi-Disc.
Cording:
If you want a cord with this, it is recomended to see the cording option in the beads or pendants page. Choose either a cord with black jade toggle or matching jade toggle. I will pre-set the lenght for you.
Note: All Big Sur jade to make my items are found free diving by me. I do not typically use tanks while searching for jade beneath the sea. There are some exceptions to this and will be noted when found by someone else.
Specifications
Disc Specifications:
Diameter: 47.94 mm
Inner Hole Diameter: 12.08 mm
Thickness: 4.63 mm
Weight: 17.7g
Material History
Big Sur Nephrite Jade History:
There are many stories of the history of diving and gathering nephrite jade from the ocean in Big Sur. It is a magical place both on land and in the ocean. The jade here is unique and closest in color and texture variations can be found in New Zealand. Although the black nephrite from this location is very similar to the black nephrite found in Russia. There are a large variety of colors from dark green to light green, light blue to dark blue and all the mixes in between. Very rarely is there white jade found in Big Sur. The quality of Big Sur jade is also very variable with some being extremely high quality. Finding fracture free nephrite in this locality (due to being right on the fault line and being pounded by ocean storms) is very difficult making larger carvings and bangles that are fracture free almost impossible.
About
Proud to say one of my specialties at Jadedivers.com is making one of kind custom beads found almost no where in the world. Most of my beads are going to have cone tapered ends that are deburred and polished. My photos are taken to show the natural colors without photo enhancements. I believe this will best represent the colors and promote repeat customers.
Branching into Pi/Bi Discs and Bangles, I provide the quality of the best offered. None of my designs are mass produced and material selection is always individually chosen even in the smalles beads. My Discs are unique in that they are mostly done by hand and not be "donut" cutting machines.
** 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.