[Jewelry making - Article 00801] - Re: [Orchid] Jade ring durability?

[leonid Surpin]

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Calvin,

    Term Jade encompasses Nephrite and Jadeite. 

    Nephrite is the toughest of the two, but high quality Jadeite is
    also very tough gem and in principal you have nothing to worry about.
    However, cheap Jadeite is often treated to make him look like
    expensive kind and those are brittle. Unless you have an expertise to
    tell them apart, you better off with Nephrite. 

    The reason that your friend wants ring close to his skin, is because
    high quality jadeite, also known as "Old Mine", has a very silky feel
    to it, so lining ring with gold would deprive him of that sensation. 

    If you still want to line the ring with gold, just make an insert
    slightly wider than the ring and burnish the protruding edges until
    they expand and lock on the sides of the ring. 

Leonid Surpin
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