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The beauty of jade has made it treasured worldwide for over 7000 years. A representation of the many secrets of elegant gemstones can be shown when deconstructing the different types of jade. According to experts, jade comes in three main types: A – A piece of rock, cut and polished, with no treatments. B – The rock is treated with a wax or resin (and/or bleached) to improve the appearance of surface reaching fissures in the stone, making it less cloudy with a slightly better colour, getting rid of browns in the rock. C – The piece is bleached and dyed, then treated with resin to improve the colour. Type C is unpopular with the majority of jade collectors, who are often purists, and wouldn’t buy a heavily treated ruby if they could buy one they knew had just been plucked from the earth and fashioned for them. Lot 66 – A jade and diamond pendant, with chain. Continue reading →