Stone Carving: Q&A + Gallery... - Tiki Carving

T Tamapoutini Member Aotearoa (New Zealand) Joined: Aug 30, 2006 Posts: 1530	T Tamapoutini Posted posted on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 2:23 AM On 2008-07-08 18:10, prairie jade wrote: the wyoming nephrite is the best america had to offer-but the BLM limits you to surface picking-and folks have been walking that sage desert consistently for the last 60 years- jade remains but its harder and harder to find.. ..remember while looking that most wyoming jade has a tan or a red rind covering the exterior- aside from a few jade slicks greated by windblown sand. you can find rockhounds willing to sell some jade in rawlins lander laramie and casper- but the real apple green and the translucent emerald green are hard to find at any cost now. Interesting. Thanks PJ - sounds very much like the state of play here in NZ! Best/easiest stone collected years ago, still around but virtually impossible to find/buy at any price, fossicking rights now very restricted.. To my mind, this can only mean that the value of good quality jade, worked or unworked, can only rise.. :wink:

On 2008-07-08 18:10, prairie jade wrote:

the wyoming nephrite is the best america had to offer-but the BLM limits you to surface picking-and folks have been walking that sage desert consistently for the last 60 years- jade remains but its harder and harder to find..
..remember while looking that most wyoming jade has a tan or a red rind covering the exterior- aside from a few jade slicks greated by windblown sand.
you can find rockhounds willing to sell some jade in rawlins lander laramie and casper- but the real apple green and the translucent emerald green are hard to find at any cost now.

Interesting. Thanks PJ - sounds very much like the state of play here in NZ! Best/easiest stone collected years ago, still around but virtually impossible to find/buy at any price, fossicking rights now very restricted.. To my mind, this can only mean that the value of good quality jade, worked or unworked, can only rise.. :wink:

Post #392625 by Tamapoutini on Wed, Jul 9, 2008 2:23 AM