Specific Gravity of Grade B Jadeite

[ChaiK]

Ok, she has a hulu ring. Very lovely. But at 3.5 mm in height only.

It is the size I want. 19 mm by 13 mm or something like that. With mounting, it is around 24 mm in length.

The colour is good. The translucency is good. Diamond halo I believe is around 1.8 to 2 mm diamonds (erm, I am all for bigger diamonds.... but that is also a doable size for me).

It can convert into pendant.

She is wanting 7.9 K USD.

Just the height. At 3.5 mm.

Also, I always wanted a cabochon. At 7.9K I know I can hold out for a huge cab. But this hulu very cute and fat.

Height. Must all jadeite be high? This one isn't flat either.

I post side profile at its flattest so you can see. This is from YY. What do you think?

 

[Burmesedaze]

Ok, she has a hulu ring. Very lovely. But at 3.5 mm in height only.

It is the size I want. 19 mm by 13 mm or something like that. With mounting, it is around 24 mm in length.

The colour is good. The translucency is good. Diamond halo I believe is around 1.8 to 2 mm diamonds (erm, I am all for bigger diamonds.... but that is also a doable size for me).

It can convert into pendant.

She is wanting 7.9 K USD.

Just the height. At 3.5 mm.

Also, I always wanted a cabochon. At 7.9K I know I can hold out for a huge cab. But this hulu very cute and fat.

Height. Must all jadeite be high? This one isn't flat either.

I post side profile at its flattest so you can see. This is from YY. What do you think?

They carve into a hulu because there are flaws in the rough to carve out hence can't be a good cab with good proportions. If too thin and just for the colour, it should not cost like a cab. I would pass.

A cab is also more evergreen to go with more outfits and non jade jewellery, don't you think?

 

[ChaiK]

K. I will drop this. Thanks.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Also, too thin is more prone to breakage or chips. Esp as a ring... Like how I chipped a spinel ring!

 

[ChaiK]

Also, too thin is more prone to breakage or chips. Esp as a ring... Like how I chipped a spinel ring!

I just like them fat big and high. Cabochons of any gem type have to be fat big and high. I did not think about the chip factor.

I will stop getting distracted. Has to be a cab. Focus on cab.

 

[Burmesedaze]

I just like them fat big and high. Cabochons of any gem type have to be fat big and high. I did not think about the chip factor.

I will stop getting distracted. Has to be a cab. Focus on cab.

A convertible ring pendant will be awesome!

Focus, focus!

My wishlist reads nice luscious donut, larger pair of cabs for earrings, a good lavender and a glassy.

Nice green scenery pendant but have to be right and carving has to speak to me. Preferably with a deeper meaning than just 意境山水，前程似锦。

 

[ChaiK]

I like the Burmese scenes, like those found on the thabeik bowl. They had one today, but it was white and icy.

I am looking for something green in jadeite. Unlikely. I have never seen one before, in green jadeite or green and white icy jadeite.

 

[Burmesedaze]

I like the Burmese scenes, like those found on the thabeik bowl. They had one today, but it was white and icy.

I am looking for something green in jadeite. Unlikely. I have never seen one before, in green jadeite or green and white icy jadeite.

I don't think they would waste scarce material unless requested for such!

Such silversmithing work can't be found in modern Myanmar.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Community announcement. Wechat posted this today. Rmb1899/pair.

 

[ChaiK]

Community announcement. Wechat posted this today. Rmb1899/pair.

Half price at YY. Even the bracelets. At J it is 600 usd.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Half price at YY. Even the bracelets. At J it is 600 usd.

I wish she'd do clearance price on her better goods too

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Omg!!! I just bought 3 pairs of stuff for 1200 each from YY! Will need to add these

Lol I just paid too

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

I bought fish! And lavender hoops and white leaves

The fish are so kitsch but what the heck!



Even with postage it was $200 usd per pair (and postage was killer). Waaaay cheaper than J.

 

[ChaiK]

I wish she'd do clearance price on her better goods too

I am waiting for prices to come down.

 

[ChaiK]

I bought fish! And lavender hoops and white leaves

The fish are so kitsch but what the heck!



Even with postage it was $200 usd per pair (and postage was killer). Waaaay cheaper than J.

Good deal. Two for one. Even with j at 388, that is not her final price. You would have to pay around 400 usd for transaction fees.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

I didn't get any discount though but since it was so cheap I didn't try too hard.

Their post sounds a bit less straight forward but we shall see!

 

[Burmesedaze]

This is at near wholesale price, I think it's fair.

Mine auntie's new shop opened today. Other than their own sapphires, also older stock collected over the years. I came away with this lavender jadeite necklace. Kahuna size a la ChaiK teeheehee. First sale so no profit taken. US$500.

Bottom lavender strand as its most uniform with fewer cracks.

I will post the other photos of their own stones and stuff on my thread later.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Omg!!! I just bought 3 pairs of stuff for 1200 each from YY! Will need to add these

Lol I just paid too

How did you pay?

 

[Burmesedaze]

And mellow...didn't someone say...no buy ban??

 

[Burmesedaze]

I also happened to me wearing purple today. That purchase is fate

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

And mellow...didn't someone say...no buy ban??

I know!!! I know!!!! *hangs head in shame*

But it was like $200 usd for a pair!!!! And I NEED earrings! I do! Really I do! Plus I need presents for Lil Sis next year! What better presents than earrings! Jade earrings!

At these prices, hanging on a principled no buy seems silly!

I paid HKD into their HSBC account. I convert everything to usd for the sake of the thread.

And......I just bought 2 lace pairs!

So cheap!

I didn't get a discount though! It was the lady whose rings I piked on! I was feeling bad about the other day so I didn't dare push for a discount!

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

I am sooooooo lucky I am too lazy to wear pendants!!!!! One rabbit hole I can stay away from!!!!!!


I'm gonna look like an extra on Ruyi with all my new crazy earrings! FISH!!!!!!! The fish scales do not match but who cares

ETA: I really wanted the purple balls with the butterflies but had to draw the line somewhere!

OMG what will I give to Lil Sis? There are so many to chose from!

ETA: I ALMOST bought a lace pair from Jasmine the other day! I was pining after them. Then the pair I wanted sold and I didn't want the second pair on offer. Thank goodness I didn't!

ETA: To be impartial though there is only a savings of $73 usd (I paid $296 usd vs J's $369) on the lace earrings.

This does not factor in postage as they are combining postage for me with the other items.

I hope their postage is ok! To be fair J's postage was awesome.

 

[suzanne2]

This is driving me crazy! I have so many questions!
@mellowyellowgirl I thought you said you didn't speak Chinese? How are you communicating?
So do you physically go to the bank to deposit the money or do you do it all on online?
How much was the postage? Do you think they will ship to the US?

ETA: I saw those fish! They are so cute!

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

This is driving me crazy! I have so many questions!
@mellowyellowgirl I thought you said you didn't speak Chinese? How are you communicating?
So do you physically go to the bank to deposit the money or do you do it all on online?
How much was the postage? Do you think they will ship to the US?

Haha okies I do not know a word of chinese!

I message them in English and they reply in chinese. I then paste the chinese into google translate to see what they are saying.

At the very beginning I typed in English and got google to translate it into simplified chinese and then posted that chinese to the vendors. I told them I was using google translate so forgive me if I sound funny. They told me to write to them in English.

Sometimes I throw in the phrase posted by @Burmesedaze! That got me a discount on the rings where I piked but no luck with these ones!

Postage was $43 USD for me today to Australia

I have a banking app with my Australian Bank that lets me transfer any currency (hmm except maybe the dodgy ones) from my AUD account to anyone. The bank charges me either $6 or $12 AUD per transfer depending on the amount.

I'm pretty confident they will ship to US!

Haha payment was a bit of a trial but if you get to that stage I can post the translations of the payment details I used!

 

[suzanne2]

Thank you sooo much!! You are so brave!
I am obsessing over earrings and it's completely the wrong time of year. Christmas is looming and I have no business buying myself anything.
I'm waiting for the right green ones...

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Thank you sooo much!! You are so brave!
I am obsessing over earrings and it's completely the wrong time of year. Christmas is looming and I have no business buying myself anything.
I'm waiting for the right green ones...

It is actually quite silly when you think about it! Sending money into the ether.

I think buying so many times seamlessly from J has made me a bit brazen.

The very first transaction with her I used Paypal and then I thought "What the heck" and went to straight transfer for a discount.

Fingers crossed everything arrives ok with these new folks.

 

[Burmesedaze]

200/pair is ok. Doesn't get you Tiffany sterling silver earrings

I almost bought the lace ones but held back. I want to see what else comes along and I really would prefer larger ones.

 

[Burmesedaze]

I purchased a few thousand usd dollars from the live stream. Technically over 4000rmb they include free postage to hk, China and Taiwan. Not anywhere else. I have ordered multiples of 4000rmb and they refuse to include free postage to Southeast Asia!

But that is not a big sum divided among the items.

I paid by tt too. I think they should be fine. Been around for a while.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Thank you sooo much!! You are so brave!
I am obsessing over earrings and it's completely the wrong time of year. Christmas is looming and I have no business buying myself anything.
I'm waiting for the right green ones...

There is Chinese New Year in February so I'm not sure if prices will go up or down. But am pretty sure they will increase stock from now till then to catch all the festive purchases.

 

[suzanne2]

I paid by tt too. I think they should be fine. Been around for a while.

I hope so. I'm starting to want one of those gorgeous dragon carved pendants as well. Looking at them on my Samsung, I think the greens are not as saturated in real life...