Post #437377 by timidtiki on Mon, Mar 2, 2009 2:21 PM

The last ThumbStone (maybe . . . but at least my most recent one). I'm not sure what the stone is but it was represented and "synthetic jade" when I purchased it about 1-2 years ago from a seller in China. The material is absolutely beautiful . . . a true emerald green, very translucent as show in the pictures, and very hard. To me it seems much harder that any of the nephrite I have carved in the past so it may be synthetic jadeite or perhaps emerald flux.

The first picture shows the pendant photographed from the front together with a Big Sur jade pebble. It is about 3 inches long and 1 inch wide. It is in the form of a "toki" and is not flat - the jade being about 1/4 inch thick with a curved depth of 1/2 inch.

The next two photos show the same pendant (front and back) photographed backlit against a white lamp shade. The color is true on my monitor.

Thanks for looking. Comment are welcome. I'll try to find the name of the dealer who supplied the "synthetic jade" and post it here . . . or perhaps someone else knows and can supply his name.