[Jewelry making - Article 01267] - [Orchid] What is Fire Jade?

[Norah Kerr]

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    I know I know I risk opening the evil Pandora's Box of Trade Names.
    I shudder to think of some of the foamenting around the mouths this
    subject can cause.... and trust me I'm right there with you. 

    I'll cut to the chase, what the heck is Fire Jade? It might have
    been Flame Jade I was too busy boggling to really get a good grasp of
    the name other then thinking "Trade Name! Marketing Name! Misnomer!
    WHY?!?" We are talking a cryptocrystaline stone (rock even?) which
    was pale green with some mild blue overtones and the occasional thin
    brown/gray patch like the matrix rock had snuck in in places.
    Possibly dyed definitly....... not to my taste. There was nothing
    about that seemed to merit adding Fire or Flame to the name and I am
    naturally dubious that it was Jade at all, the grain didn't seem
    quite right but I can't really say why other then it didn't quack
    like a duck. 

    I'm not looking at buying these myself I have little interest in
    balls with holes in them, more power to those of you who do, they
    seem to be popular right now. 

    The friend of mine that does have this material also had some
    confusion from the same source over what was sold to her as Fire
    Agate that looked like (and I'm willing to bet a shiny nickel is)
    weakly coloured and badly crazed Carnelian. Possibly misnamed and
    sold by someone who might have seen Fire Opal once but had obviously
    never seen Fire Agate. I'm going to next time I see her show her some
    real Fire Agate so I can watch the expression on her face, should be
    good. 

Thanks for your time!
Norah

 
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