Post #295036 by tikigap on Tue, Mar 27, 2007 4:35 PM

On 2007-03-07 19:12, Tamapoutini wrote:
Now here's something you dont get in the post everyday...

It was a gift from TGap; a wafer-thin slice of New Zealand pounamu/ nephrite jade prepared as a microscope slide. I intend to take it to the local Polytechnic which hosts the jade course & see if they can arrange a microscope to view it. The old Macro-scope just doesnt quite get there... Thanks Gap!! I forgot to ask if you viwed it yourself?

(approx 2/3mm thick)

*Ill keep it in the 'wotnot' box in the meantime & it can be another stopping point on the regular workshop-tours I host, heehee

Thanks again!
Tama :)

Thanks TTT - dont know how I missed this post... been under the weather for a while.

Yeah! I've looked at it under a scope - and it's crystalline structure is really tight. I've seen other jades from other places too - and they are not as tight.

My friend Tim the Geologist came up with that baby - he grinds rocks (among other things) for a living!

Thanks Tim

[ Edited by: tikigap 2007-03-27 20:07 ]