Burmese Jade Market in Mandalay | 缅甸玉

I had the privilege of following my friend, a Gem Broker working at the Mandalay Jade Market. Inside the market, the broker rent a small place with a short stool and a table top place from the shop owner for them to check the gems and deal. For every successful transaction, a small percentage goes to the shop owner. I sat down there with my friend and observed how the place went. Young and hopeful middleman carrying bags of mostly jade bracelets, come and show their crafts one after another. They can also speak broken chinese a little as most of the dealers are Chinese. There are also live sections where the broker do a live cast via their phone and wechat to those buyers overseas, especially China. But I was told most of the top quality pieces go straight to China and I would not be able to see it here. To come here, you will have to pay a entrance fee of 2500 Kyats if you are a foreigner, locals are free though.
Outside the market, there is an open section where they sell leftover pieces from the cut stones, some small accessories and raw stones. The area is free to visit but nothing much to see. Its more happening in the market area. If you are interested, you may come and observe and see how things work around here, its interesting.
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[@kytkhuncho4030]

hi good

[@louisoddone992]

keep camera steady from time to time

[@PyayThuK]

Thanks for ur advice. That is sth I keep in mind most of the time. But its the result from recording using bare hands without stabiliser.

[@user-eh1ku3id7s]

They need to sell it ebay, wow sooo many

[@PyayThuK]

They sell thru WeChat live sale, mainly to China.

[@user-eh1ku3id7s]

@@PyayThuK awesome

[@lukaszlewosinski84]

Hi. I have auestion about prices of common branslet with jades. Its expensive? How u find orginal jade, not the fake one?

[@PyayThuK]

As far as I know the price range is wide depending on the color shade, size and pattern etc. The normal one can be around 40/50000 Ks. The light is used to check the grain/spot of the jade. There are some legit sellers page on Facebook, you can check the price out. About the quality I am not compentent enough to answer.

[@Gabe-jq4gk]

all those jadeite you see in vid , i believe are the real thing, it's burma, the only thing u gotta be aware about is the quality of stone which is very wide range, i gues

[@brucebenik2]

Look at the price on ebay and keep in mind it's a rock and there is lots of it.

[@nuevalynsrivera4129]

Fake or real?

[@SaberNL-1]

I don't see any good quality jade or any other stones. It's just rocks

[@aswaltan8962]

Just we follow our budget.there no need use super expensive if need money to spent for family.im too stone collector.