Evaluating jadeite (feicui)

[Bookwyrm]

I don’t know any in Taiwan but found this thread on pricescope.

Thread 'Jade grading/certification in Taiwan: TGI, LTA, somewhere else?'

Apr 25, 2021

So I have had some contact with a jade specialist store in Taiwan, in regard to buying some cabochons. Apparently the shop is reluctant to send the items to be graded overseas in labs such as HKJSL or Nanyang Singapore.

They offered domestic certification in private labs, such as Lai Tai-An or Wu Chao-Ming; from my very basic Chinese looks like they do deal with jade certification a fair amount. My understanding is Taiwan Gemological Institute is the most internationally known gem laboratory from Taiwan, but from their website doesn’t look like they don’t have much of specialisation for...

• Sydneyphoenix
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• Forum: Colored Gemstones

Haha, we are so spoilt for choice. It may sound strange but to me, Jannpaul is just another shop.
Lots more here that is tempting… shudder.
For example, my weekend plan is to visit the Phillips Geneva Jewels 3 Auction tour and the VCA Ruby exhibition. Isn’t it nuts?

Thank you for the link; I'll check it out!

Oh my gosh, Singapore sounds like such fun...so many eye candies...I MUST visit sometime soon! Pictures please!!!

On a side note, I got to see some jade today in Chinatown and Haymarket (sorry I don't know how to tag you mellowyellowgirl haha)! I don't think any of the stuff was super nice though, because I could see inclusions in most of them, but I did get to see a few pieces with really nice colour (it was funny that one salesperson kept trying to tell me that various pieces were imperial quality when even a noob like me could tell they were most certainly not ). That was a super fun excursion though! Also checked out my favourite antique stores!