Thank you for this video, very informative. I live in Alaska, and I know there is jade about but have recently become more interested in actually finding some smaller pieces on the beach. This will help me identify what is real jade and what isn't! We (my family) already find plenty of beach agates near our family cabin.
Because of its durability early cultures that had jade to make tools, advanced faster than those that didn't. Chinese, south American, and even north west indigenous. Found a stone scraper made of jade, had an anthropologist look at it, determination - pre contact - later assessment up to 1000.00 years old still sharp. amazing find. Pretty piece was returned to Komox first nation, may have been a burial offering.
I came here from a video about a guy who took a risk selling un opened jade to Chinese buyers for 700000. Things I've discovered are. Lots about jade. I like listening to dudes talk about rocks. And this dude looks like he could tell me all about the energy from the rocks, but instead he just unloads science. Woah!!!
Thankyou brother, you are genuine and helpful! I’ve only touched prospecting on whidbey island..so far. It’s really fun since I love the area in general, but I now want to focus my search of this gorgeous place...when I get to come back to the coast:)
Jade is a wonderful stone to carve, but is tricky to polish. Because it is tough it can be worked very thin revealing it's translucent qualities. After carving and smoothing, finish on a leather wheel with cerium oxide. I like to pick through the bargain bins at rock shows, found lots of nice stuff for cheap prices, usually smaller pieces, not just jade. Found some really nice jade awhile back carved 3 leaf shaped pendants, nice and thin. Beautiful and translucent. With lots of chromium spots through it.
Thank you so so so so so so very much! This explained all of my questions in one easily digestible video. I keep running into glossy basalt, and it has been quite frustrating when my instincts tell me to cut into it.
this is very unlikeli. There is one jade miner that digs jade from an old aesbestos mine... but the jade is a seperate composition, and has been so transformed, that it is not possible for asbestos to be a part of jade... unless you have the lowest quality possible, or the particular jade minor didnt wash it well to get residual dust of it after mining.
@@RubbleRockAndGem Found your comment interesting. I was told that it did and advised to wear a mask when working the stone so I googled it and this is what came up I copied the text not my own words Nephrite is a non-asbestiform asbestos mineral composed of microcrystalline tremolite. Nephrite carving may increase the risk of lung cancer. Appropriate medical monitoring is warranted for workers who are exposed to similar materials.
when you get experienced, you don't need any of those field tests, you can immediately tell by eye if it is jade or serpentine, even if it hasn't been cut open yet.
I get what you're driving at -- nephrite has a longer history in China and so is sort of the original "jade" -- but I think you're going to confuse people. Now "Jadeite" refers to a particular mineral -- it doesn't mean any old green serpentinite-type stuff that isn't nephrite. It doesn't mean _pseudo-jade_ or _fake_ Jade. Also, it's generally more valuable than nephrite -- which would be odd if it were just fake nephrite.
Thank you dearly for attempted to crush the dreams of every 'purple shirt'. I wish I could like a million times. Its simultaneously hilarious and depressingly heartbreaking to watch those crystal healing snake oil used car salespersons.
Jade is very cold to the touch that’s one way of being able to tell when you’re picking it up as a river rock. And I have found Jade on the Fraser River
sure, many people have found jade on the Fraser river. but none has ever been found in commercial volumes. and... did you find one piece? because it is very rare to find it out there now. many people confuse the serpentine with jade.
Thank you for the informative video. I have 2 pieces of river Jade each 40-50 lbs. (as well as a 1,410 lb. river boulder) from the Dease Lake area and was thinking of cutting them until I saw this video. What is the reason for not cutting them?
I have lot’s of dime to quarter sized Agates of various colour ranging from red to clear fishing trophies if I don’t catch fish i always find Agates and if I don’t find Agates i go home with fish Vancouver B.C.
Just bought my first British Columbia (nepherite) Jade today. based on your pictures or displays i guess it is a good one but thicker slice about an inch. After I bought it i realized it is chromium jade which i had to look up what it was still not sure what it is.
jadeite jade is hard jade right and nephrite jade is soft jade and less expensive. He said that nephrite jade is real jade- this is the cheaper form of jade right???
yes. jadeite is harder than nephrite but they are both real jade. fake jade (which is common to find on ebay and in asian markets) is jade powder mixed with a resin medium. jadeite is more expensive due to its higher quality and rarity (since most of it comes from myanmar). nephrite can be found in a few different areas of the world (most of which is found in british columbia) and is a little more affordable :)
@@mariaann4717, yeah I know that Nephrite jade is real, but it felt like he was implying that it was the most desired form when it is really the lower end quality of Jade.
@@yvelboston6931 I'ts also a cultural thing. Look at New Zealand Nephrite Jade, also known as ''Pounamu'' The Maori Tribes Made weapons from that type of jade. You can't do that with Jadeite jade.
Jadeite is a different mineral. Yes, it's more rare and generally speaking more valuable. "Jadeite" does not mean _fake nephrite_ or _any old pretty green rock._
So I have about 500lbs of this stuff in two boulders in my front yard, how would I go about sizing it down enough to fit on my 15" slab saw? I think I can cut about 7" or so, the boulders are about 18" through.
My brother, this video has made me tired and I did not understand anything new to know the real serious. Let your words be clear and frank, without distorted examples. Thank you ، F , J .
Hi, great video. I’m from New Zealand and have been carving jade for a few years now. Me and my wife have come to Canada to check out the jade here and learn more. I’ve already found some nephrite in lillooet, and yes you really have to be willing to go to the hard to reach spots. I was wondering where you’re based? If you have a store I’d love to swing past while on our road trip.
Approx @28:00 You're continuing to differentiate between nephrite and jadeite and, initially, I was put off because of the scientific data behind the differences between the two and BAM! It hit me between the eyes: Well, then why isn't it ALL called simply "jade?" Why the term "jadeite," at all? Why? Duh. Because they're 2 different stones which happen to be green. Dang.
River jade is not of value from bc, if it is a nice cobble with abeautiful surface, it can have specimen value... but as far as gem grade, river rocks will always be C grade or lower from BC
Hey bro awesome vid thanks I'm a rock hound with a nose that always finds the goods. We have a bunch of material that is like rootbeer brown and when you describe jade its like that. We also pull agate out of the same hole some are naturally the size of a soft ball. Outs comes out fresh from a vein I found and I suspect there is opal in it to.
Adam Kelliher no the brown is a gemstone type not rock bro. Lol Its probably common opal as you said. We find some solid green I call hulk hide and some is almost like as if its plastic and then it hardens up and turns to a crystal structure. It will have red dots in it as well. No flash as of yet. I'll friend you on fb and show you what I mean. I was out today and we found some beautiful agate or chalcedony. The root beer stuff if much softer than agate most definitely but it is a crystal not basalt.
You have some very beautiful chunks of Chrome Jade in your video. I like that kind the best also. In the last part of your video you seemed to confuse the terms "Jade" (a catchall category that includes Nepherite and Jadeite and sometimes green stones that look a little like Nepherite or jadeite, but aren't), with "Jadeite". Both Jadeite and Nepherite are considered actual "Jade" even though they have quite different chemical makeups as well as hardness differences. Here is a link that lists and compares a lot of the differences (including chemical composition, hardness, and crystalline structure) between Nepherite and Jadeite (the latter sometimes referred to as Burmese Jade since most of it's occurrence is in Burma), whereas "BC Jade" and "Chinese Jade" generally refers to Nepherite, found in both locations: www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-nephrite-and-vs-jadeite/
0:40 i thought only Jadeite is, Nephrite is not fiberous? Because the main way to spot Nephrite from Jadeite is that Nephrite doesnt look fiberous, while Jadeite does.
Hey bud, I’m from northern Minnesota LSA addict. Anyways I found a nice nodule in a local gravel pit (Duluth, Mn) . Find me on facebook, search Jim Durfee. Hopefully you can help properly identify this stone I found. It’s pretty rad!! Hope to hear from ya!!!
17:40 "stones have no power" Uranium. Magnetite. Hey, i'm just saying. You cant say "they have no power because i dont believe in it". Ancient man with limited knowledge also wouldnt know Uranium or Magnetite had any power.
"jadeite, nephrite is not JADE fake news! i have lots of REAL jade white mutton fat , every color in the rainbow, fully impregnated with AU. the specific gravity of my Jade Is heavier then all other jade. all hardness."
Excellent informative narrative about British Columbia Jade, and Jade from Elsewhere. Thank you Adam for delivering your factual info.
Old William.
Thank you for this video, very informative. I live in Alaska, and I know there is jade about but have recently become more interested in actually finding some smaller pieces on the beach. This will help me identify what is real jade and what isn't! We (my family) already find plenty of beach agates near our family cabin.
You are a wealth of knowledge Adam,thanks for jade lecture.Go B.C ⛏💎
Because of its durability early cultures that had jade to make tools, advanced faster than those that didn't. Chinese, south American, and even north west indigenous. Found a stone scraper made of jade, had an anthropologist look at it, determination - pre contact - later assessment up to 1000.00 years old still sharp. amazing find. Pretty piece was returned to Komox first nation, may have been a burial offering.
Excellent well rounded video. Great to see this knowledge shared with people. Thank you very much
you are welcome. I go barefoot too btw :)
Finally something with useful and understandable information!!! EXCELLENT WORK!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Im new at buying Jade. I had recently come across some black Jade, and I was hooked.
ah yes, its fantastic to work. i have made a few jewelry pieces from black jade :)
I came here from a video about a guy who took a risk selling un opened jade to Chinese buyers for 700000. Things I've discovered are. Lots about jade. I like listening to dudes talk about rocks. And this dude looks like he could tell me all about the energy from the rocks, but instead he just unloads science. Woah!!!
Very helpful, I didn’t know that serpentine becomes jade.
Now you know :)
Good practical information.
Bro nice work ! Thank you for your perspectives.
Thanks for sharing. I would like to see a video on how to recognize jade when your walking along the beach/ cobble stones.
Thankyou brother, you are genuine and helpful! I’ve only touched prospecting on whidbey island..so far. It’s really fun since I love the area in general, but I now want to focus my search of this gorgeous place...when I get to come back to the coast:)
You're wrong.
Translucent: Cloudy, slightly cloudy.
Transparent: Able to see straight through like glass.
Did I mix the two up in the video? If so at what time. Just one of those things where I think one thing and say the other.
Jade is a wonderful stone to carve, but is tricky to polish. Because it is tough it can be worked very thin revealing it's translucent qualities. After carving and smoothing, finish on a leather wheel with cerium oxide. I like to pick through the bargain bins at rock shows, found lots of nice stuff for cheap prices, usually smaller pieces, not just jade. Found some really nice jade awhile back carved 3 leaf shaped pendants, nice and thin. Beautiful and translucent. With lots of chromium spots through it.
good tip.
Good info concisely delivered
Thanks for this!!! It’s so hard to find decent identification info on RUclips! 😉 Utah rockhounder here ❤️
you are a good teacher,
Thank you
I love learning more about jade, that is my middle name and it means a lot to me so thank you for sharing your information
You're welcome
Thank you so so so so so so very much! This explained all of my questions in one easily digestible video. I keep running into glossy basalt, and it has been quite frustrating when my instincts tell me to cut into it.
Adam: Throws 1 million rock around like trash
Me:???
Me:😂😂
Facts!
Something to be aware of, jade may contain a certain content of asbestos. So when cutting, or working it always with water, and wear a mask.
this is very unlikeli. There is one jade miner that digs jade from an old aesbestos mine... but the jade is a seperate composition, and has been so transformed, that it is not possible for asbestos to be a part of jade... unless you have the lowest quality possible, or the particular jade minor didnt wash it well to get residual dust of it after mining.
@@RubbleRockAndGem Found your comment interesting. I was told that it did and advised to wear a mask when working the stone
so I googled it and this is what came up I copied the text not my own words
Nephrite is a non-asbestiform asbestos mineral composed of microcrystalline tremolite. Nephrite carving may increase the risk of lung cancer. Appropriate medical monitoring is warranted for workers who are exposed to similar materials.
nephrite-jade, use a knife to test for serpentine is much less in hardness, it can also be translucent.
when you get experienced, you don't need any of those field tests, you can immediately tell by eye if it is jade or serpentine, even if it hasn't been cut open yet.
I get what you're driving at -- nephrite has a longer history in China and so is sort of the original "jade" -- but I think you're going to confuse people. Now "Jadeite" refers to a particular mineral -- it doesn't mean any old green serpentinite-type stuff that isn't nephrite. It doesn't mean _pseudo-jade_ or _fake_ Jade.
Also, it's generally more valuable than nephrite -- which would be odd if it were just fake nephrite.
Thank you dearly for attempted to crush the dreams of every 'purple shirt'. I wish I could like a million times. Its simultaneously hilarious and depressingly heartbreaking to watch those crystal healing snake oil used car salespersons.
avertine or adventuring ...yes mostly Chinese bead sellers they do call it Jade and it's courts.
Nice job, many thanks!
Jade is very cold to the touch that’s one way of being able to tell when you’re picking it up as a river rock. And I have found Jade on the Fraser River
sure, many people have found jade on the Fraser river. but none has ever been found in commercial volumes. and... did you find one piece? because it is very rare to find it out there now. many people confuse the serpentine with jade.
Thank you for the informative video. I have 2 pieces of river Jade each 40-50 lbs. (as well as a 1,410 lb. river boulder) from the Dease Lake area and was thinking of cutting them until I saw this video. What is the reason for not cutting them?
Specimen value.
I have lot’s of dime to quarter sized Agates of various colour ranging from red to clear fishing trophies if I don’t catch fish i always find Agates and if I don’t find Agates i go home with fish Vancouver B.C.
Sounds like a win-win to me!
Well Done buddy
I am your fans now, Sir
My Jade is apple green with sweet looking fibre with no inclusions.
Love this man! Seriously good time learning!
Nice sir great
Thanks and welcome
COOL VIDEO
Thanks for the info bro 😁👍
Just bought my first British Columbia (nepherite) Jade today. based on your pictures or displays i guess it is a good one but thicker slice about an inch. After I bought it i realized it is chromium jade which i had to look up what it was still not sure what it is.
Did you say serpentine turns into jade?
yes, with more heat and pressure. thats why so many people are confused when identifying the two
That purple quartz you had in the last bit is nice. Does it also come from our province here?
Adam Kelliher sweet. We haven't found any of that yet.
jadeite jade is hard jade right and nephrite jade is soft jade and less expensive. He said that nephrite jade is real jade- this is the cheaper form of jade right???
yes. jadeite is harder than nephrite but they are both real jade. fake jade (which is common to find on ebay and in asian markets) is jade powder mixed with a resin medium. jadeite is more expensive due to its higher quality and rarity (since most of it comes from myanmar). nephrite can be found in a few different areas of the world (most of which is found in british columbia) and is a little more affordable :)
@@mariaann4717, yeah I know that Nephrite jade is real, but it felt like he was implying that it was the most desired form when it is really the lower end quality of Jade.
@@yvelboston6931 I'ts also a cultural thing. Look at New Zealand Nephrite Jade, also known as ''Pounamu'' The Maori Tribes Made weapons from that type of jade. You can't do that with Jadeite jade.
New Zealand jade has both bowenite and nephrite and Maori carved them into weapons
Jadeite is a different mineral. Yes, it's more rare and generally speaking more valuable.
"Jadeite" does not mean _fake nephrite_ or _any old pretty green rock._
Chrysoprase is world wide chalcedony coloured by nickel. You were referring to Marlborough Chrydoprase
I have like a 100 lb drk grn translucent... how can i test it? Is it jade or black jadeite???
So I have about 500lbs of this stuff in two boulders in my front yard, how would I go about sizing it down enough to fit on my 15" slab saw? I think I can cut about 7" or so, the boulders are about 18" through.
Hmmm, now that I think of it, it may be closer to 700lbs, one boulder almost bottomed out my suspension on my minivan.
@@RubbleRockAndGem Thanks!
concrete saw, if you have the money stihl makes a concrete chain saw called the "rock boss"
will those flat jade surface do a good polish to metals? or polisg knifes edges?
Can Nephrite jade be produced artificially? (same minerals, color patches, fibers)
no. However, there are modifications of low grade. I know of two factories in china that stabilize low grade and dye it to any color they desire.
My brother, this video has made me tired and I did not understand anything new to know the real serious. Let your words be clear and frank, without distorted examples. Thank you
، F , J .
Jesus christ you made your point move on assume people clicked on this because they wanted to know how to tell high quality from low.
How much were those square chunks of jade worth?
Adam translucent is not like glass, that is transparent, you messed up lol
Hi, great video. I’m from New Zealand and have been carving jade for a few years now.
Me and my wife have come to Canada to check out the jade here and learn more. I’ve already found some nephrite in lillooet, and yes you really have to be willing to go to the hard to reach spots.
I was wondering where you’re based? If you have a store I’d love to swing past while on our road trip.
Do you interested in Jade? We do have jade ( Jadeite, Nephrite, Idocrase, etc ) here in Indonesia.
do you sell
Approx @28:00 You're continuing to differentiate between nephrite and jadeite and, initially, I was put off because of the scientific data behind the differences between the two and BAM! It hit me between the eyes: Well, then why isn't it ALL called simply "jade?" Why the term "jadeite," at all? Why? Duh. Because they're 2 different stones which happen to be green. Dang.
Why is river jade so valuable?
River jade is not of value from bc, if it is a nice cobble with abeautiful surface, it can have specimen value... but as far as gem grade, river rocks will always be C grade or lower from BC
@@RubbleRockAndGem good to know, thank you!
Hey bro awesome vid thanks
I'm a rock hound with a nose that always finds the goods. We have a bunch of material that is like rootbeer brown and when you describe jade its like that. We also pull agate out of the same hole some are naturally the size of a soft ball.
Outs comes out fresh from a vein I found and I suspect there is opal in it to.
Adam Kelliher no the brown is a gemstone type not rock bro. Lol
Its probably common opal as you said. We find some solid green I call hulk hide and some is almost like as if its plastic and then it hardens up and turns to a crystal structure. It will have red dots in it as well. No flash as of yet.
I'll friend you on fb and show you what I mean. I was out today and we found some beautiful agate or chalcedony. The root beer stuff if much softer than agate most definitely but it is a crystal not basalt.
Most likely found an amazing specimen of
Jade in my LSA pits near Duluth, Mn
I have nice jade from vermont.
did you know... that 1 gram of jade is worth over 100 billion dollars!
I try
Are you selling??????
We have lots of jade in the shop. Low to top quality. Send us a message through our social media or website and we will hook you up :)
What tool to cut it
Lapidary equipment
Joel Schelling
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Did you have some cromejade for sale
Or do you have black transparent or translucid jade for sale
Great video. Very informational fucking love it.
Now please. Improve the lighting. Lol
Cool ;) do you also sell raw stones? Namaste
Doese jade crack when heated with fire? I bought a small peace of neprite jade and i want to put it in a gold ring.
You have some very beautiful chunks of Chrome Jade in your video. I like that kind the best also. In the last part of your video you seemed to confuse the terms "Jade" (a catchall category that includes Nepherite and Jadeite and sometimes green stones that look a little like Nepherite or jadeite, but aren't), with "Jadeite". Both Jadeite and Nepherite are considered actual "Jade" even though they have quite different chemical makeups as well as hardness differences. Here is a link that lists and compares a lot of the differences (including chemical composition, hardness, and crystalline structure) between Nepherite and Jadeite (the latter sometimes referred to as Burmese Jade since most of it's occurrence is in Burma), whereas "BC Jade" and "Chinese Jade" generally refers to Nepherite, found in both locations:
www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-nephrite-and-vs-jadeite/
I have jade like stone.
Unprepared and uniformed. Why did Canada legalize marijuana???
Thanks for the stereotype... But I don't smoke.
@@RubbleRockAndGem Good!
0:40 i thought only Jadeite is, Nephrite is not fiberous?
Because the main way to spot Nephrite from Jadeite is that Nephrite doesnt look fiberous, while Jadeite does.
Im confused as well. I thought california only have Nep.
Turn out we are both an idiots. 😁
www.ajsgem.com/articles/jade-jadeite-and-nephrite.html
Is gud
ur holding titan and giant guys lol
Hey bud, I’m from northern Minnesota LSA addict. Anyways I found a nice nodule in a local gravel pit (Duluth, Mn) . Find me on facebook, search Jim Durfee. Hopefully you can help properly identify this stone I found. It’s pretty rad!! Hope to hear from ya!!!
bc ,, hook me up, i have lapidary and i want to make tokis ,, figh hooks ect
Rubblerockandgem.com I can sell you jade.
Why are we looking at your abdomine, your hair and NOT really looking a "up close " JADE?
I don't know. Maybe because I didn't have your supreme skills as a director helping me out.
Bon Bon please email. Thankyou.
"Stones have no power" lol as you said stones have the power you put in them. : )
bounce it out
17:40 "stones have no power"
Uranium. Magnetite.
Hey, i'm just saying. You cant say "they have no power because i dont believe in it".
Ancient man with limited knowledge also wouldnt know Uranium or Magnetite had any power.
Honestly, you might be a good carver but beyond that ha ha
No idea why you say that or who you are Mr. 1 subscriber...
"jadeite, nephrite is not JADE fake news! i have lots of REAL jade white mutton fat , every color in the rainbow, fully impregnated with AU. the specific gravity of my Jade Is heavier then all other jade. all hardness."
Hahaha bs
why are you misinforming people about jade? nephrite has almost a hundred kinds of jade while jadite is one, and the most rare and valuable is jadite
Dude, your hair looks terrible! Change your hairstyle and you will be a handsome guy!
Change your attitude and you will be a nice person, instead of a troll on the internet 🤷
@@RubbleRockAndGem the hair is awesome man
A soon as the red shirt guy did the Shaytanic horn hand symbol pointing I unsubscribed
... Don't support it until he changes his ways. Facts
Take your meds.