NEPHRITE
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BLACK JADE NEPHRITE SLAB
Good Black Jade Nephrite Slab. Polishes to a very high luster, which is perfect for creating stunning quality Black Jade mirror finish jewellery and pendants. This material will polish to a stunning black luster. Nephrite Jade is the toughest of all naturally occurring materials. Nephrite Jade has been used from ancient times as jewellery, tools and weapons. This particular Slab is Top grade and the blackest of black jade – basically the best you can get. I believe it was mined in the 1970’s from Cowell.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia.Dimensions:
7.7cm x 8.5cm x 1.1cm, 143g.BLACK JADE NEPHRITE SLAB
Toughest Natural Stone in the World
SKU: A1404 - Jade, Rock 'n Slabs, Slabs
JADE NEPHRITE SLAB COWELL
Great slab of genuine JADE NEPHRITE SLAB COWELL. Polishes to a very high luster, which is perfect for creating stunning quality Jade mirror finish jewellery and pendants. Two pics taken wet (you can see my hat in one) and a few taken dry. This material will polish to a stunning luster. Nephrite Jade is the toughest of all naturally occurring materials. The colour is very dark green, showing as black in low light.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia.Dimensions:
240g.SKU: D1406-1 - Jade, Jewellery
BLACK JADE ADZE PENDANT
Stunning Stylised Black Jade Adze Pendant, an artist’s design. This pendant was hand carved by me in Australia over the last few years and has a high quality polish. Pics taken outside to show the beauty of highly polished Black Nephrite Jade. Has an adjustable black necklace and comes with a silk pouch. This is the second stone I have completed. There are some “In the making” progress pics.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
5cm x 1.3cm x 0.4cm, 7.9g including necklace.SKU: JNAP009-1 - Jade, Top Shelf
TOP BLACK JADE ROUGH
A grade Top Black Jade Rough ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true black nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (the best Black Jade in the world). This variant of jade is becoming more popular and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%. This is the best specimen from a lot of 1000kg.
To be honest I was hoping to save this one for my self but have no time for cutting stones. The stone has three cut faces with a square corner which makes it easy to hold in a vice for diamond saw cutting. There is the expected slight green that you can see with a strong Jade torch. One face you can see is polished roughly to 3000. Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and polish with great reflection. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish. You can see the reflection of a beautiful flower in the polished window on this Jade Stone.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
28cm x 22cm x 16cm, 17500g.Jade is a name that was applied to ornamental stones that were being brought to Europe from China and Central America. It wasn’t until 1863 that it was realized that Jade was being applied to two different minerals. The two minerals are both exquisite for the purposes that jade is put to task and are hard to distinguish from each other. Now both are called Jade.
Toughest Natural Stone in the World
SKU: n/a - Rock 'n Slabs
BLACK JADE NEPHRITE SLABS
BLACK JADE NEPHRITE SLABS
A package of good BLACK JADE NEPHRITE SLABS suitable for jewellery, carving, lapidary working or tool making. 7% iron content differentiates this from other nephrite jade and is the main cause for the black. One photo shows dry and the other is wet – you can see my reflection (hand camera & arm). This is one of the toughest stones with a great luster shine when polished.
Location:
Cowell South AustraliaDimensions:
Range of sizes shown with ruler in photos, thickness around 7mm to 9mm straight parallel cuts, weight 1200gSKU: BJSB001