[Jewelry making - Article 00257] - Re: [Orchid] New Colors in Jade?

[Susan]

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    OK, I checked for hardness on all (plum jade, peachy jade, African
    jade, and olivine jade.)  The plum and peachy are soft enough to
    scratch with my sissors sharp edge.  Hence, not jade.  However, the
    African jade and olivine jade were both too hard to scratch.  Maybe
    this is not a conclusive test, but it does prove to me that the later
    two are definately not serpentine. 

    My Chinese factory supplier is very open and honest about the stones
    they sell being dyed, manmade, etc. They claim the plum and peachy
    jade are completely natural colors.  I'm beginning to think they are
    serpentine, as I have seen serpentine naturally in these colors. 
    Neither have any signs of dye (doesn't bleed or come off with hot
    water or acetone.) 

    So. . . moving more beads to the serpentine category.  When will it
    ever end? 

Susan
Sun Country Gems
www.suncountrygems.com

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