Post #256425 by Basement Kahuna on Sat, Sep 23, 2006 5:18 PM

Hi, Paipo...yes, the gem grade, or so-called "Sacred Jade". I have been lusting after that deep green beauty since I got my first good book...the small one "Decorative Arts Of The New Zealand Maori"...that's where they described the jade in the "Narangi" term. There are two beautiful adzes pictured on a feather cloak in that book. Crown Jewels...