Post #455870 by timidtiki on Sun, May 24, 2009 4:11 AM

A note for stone carvers - a source for the "synthetic" jade pictured above:

After again finding and writing to the seller from whom I purchased the "synthetic" jade pictured as the toki/thumbstone (above), I finally received a reply and the seller is again offering this stuff on eBay in slab form about 10 mm thick. The seller's eBay ID is "gemstonemall999" and he is located in Thailand.

I ordered and received some more of this material from him and I really like the color, looks, and handling properties. But it is relatively flawless so you don't see the color variation and character that you get with natural jade. It has been called "synthetic, laboratory, and man-made" jade but I don't know what it really is and I have not found anything about how it is made on the internet

I've sent some of this "jade" to other carvers who post in this thread and perhaps they will know more and post their impression/comments here.

Cheers, timid

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