Well, it is time for the age old discussion on Nephrite Jade. I have been building a collection of rough and slabs, mostly from the Cassiar Range in BC but also others. What I am looking for is professional insight on how to grade the quality of Nephrite Jade, not just the A through D grading. Anything to do with inclusions whether green, white, gold or black would be good. I am also interested in any info on how to possibly tell what mine or region a piece of jade came from. From what I see even Polar Jade crosses over into the different colors and inclusions of jade from the Cassiar region.
So, if anyone knows of good web pages or info I can access please let me know. I will post some pictures pretty soon of what I am collecting. No, not the bead stuff where I screwed up... Yep, bought some clunkers until Michael shared a couple days with me.
thanks all, Neal