Edwards Black & Pacific Red Abalone Necklace #1
$4.000,00
This necklaces is a very unique necklace. Made with the famous Edwards Black nephrite jade but the twist is adding pacific red abalone to each bead. The host stone the necklace is draped ovr is a very nice piece of Edwards Black jade. These beads are purposely made into different shapes for a very unique elequent look. There are also spacer beads in between each bead made from the same Edwards Black jade. The abalone was found while free diving for jade at jade cove in Big Sur. Abalone shells are found underwater where ottors are as the eat the abalone and discard the shells. The main picture has a piece of beach found abalone shell between the necklace and host stone. It is a special process to make these beads and not simply glueing them together. It takes a special glue that can withstand the expansion differences between the two materials without breaking. The clasp is made of heavy coated 24k gold and silver. The cord is a silver coated wire that is heavy crimped and will last a lifetime of secured wear.
Note: Every bead is hand made. No bead machine or sending materials over seas to be mass produced and then assembled here.
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Specifications
Necklace Specifications:
Length: 17.5 inch
Bead size range: Random
Bead number: 39
- Abalone/Edwards combo: 20
- Edwards spacer beads: 19
Material History
Wyoming Nephrite Jade History:
"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
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.
** 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.