Article Archives

All 123 articles in the Friends of Jade library, grouped by topic. Articles can appear under more than one topic.

British Columbia & Canadian Jade 13 California & Big Sur 9 Alaska & U.S. Sources 3 Chinese Jade & Archaeology 68 Jadeite, Burma & Mesoamerica 8 Siberia, Russia & Central Asia 10 Europe & Jade History 14 Markets, Auctions & Prices 22 Carving & Carvers 24 Geology & Mineralogy 11 Fakes, Simulants & Identification 6 Friends of Jade Bulletins 3 General Interest 10

British Columbia & Canadian Jade (13)

• JADE WORKSHOPS IN VERNON B.C. & FAIRFIELD CA. 2008 2009
• Deborah Wilson: The Art of Jade 2007
• Fishing with a jade hook.. 2007
• Souvenirs from Beijing! 2007
• The State of the World's Jade Markets 2006
• Sweet Grapes! 2005
• Polar, Kutcho, Ogden Jade Mines - Satellite Views 2005
• Jade Hunt in Labrador 2005
• Two New Polar Nephrite Boulders At California’s Pacific Museum 2004
• Huang Shan Lotus Flower Peak 2004
• Polar Jade Lotus Peak 2004
• Jade: Occurrence And Metasomatic Origin 2004
• B.C. Nephrite Report, 2004 2004

California & Big Sur (9)

• JADE FESTIVAL PICS 2011
• JADE WORKSHOPS IN VERNON B.C. & FAIRFIELD CA. 2008 2009
• California's First International Jade Carvers Workshop 2007
• Helicopter Prospecting For Jade 2007
• Big Sur Jade Festival 2006 2006
• History of the Big Sur Jade Festival 2005
• Big Sur Jade Festival 2005 2005
• Sweet Grapes! 2005
• Two New Polar Nephrite Boulders At California’s Pacific Museum 2004

Alaska & U.S. Sources (3)

• Jade and North America's Northwest Coast 2005
• Jade: Occurrence And Metasomatic Origin 2004
• Asbestos and Jade Occurrences - Kobuk River Region, Alaska 1996

Chinese Jade & Archaeology (68)

• Jades from the major archeological discoveries in China in 2008 2009
• The top jade items of the art auctions of 2008 2009
• 5500 pages of jades – The 15 volumes of the “The complete collection of jades unearthed in China” 2009
• Jade carving in Suzhou, China 2008
• Top jade auction prices in 2007 2008
• Jades in major archaeological discoveries in China in 2007 2008
• 2007 auction price expectations of Chinese white jade carvings and boulders 2008
• The making of the Beijing Olympic medals in jade 2008
• From Pig to Dragon and to the Collector - Appraising Neolithic Hongshan Jades 2008
• From Pig to Dragon – Neolithic Hongshan Jades 2008
• Shetai Jade site in Inner Mongolia 2007
• A new jade mine in Inner Mongolia 2007
• Prices of small Chinese white jade carvings 2007
• The jades of the Jinsha site in Sichuan,China 2007
• White jade jewelry - A new approach 2007
• Jades from major archaeological discoveries in China in 2006 2007
• A mountain scene carved in white jade from Ge'ermu 2007
• The Greens are coming - White nephrite jade from Ge'ermu with green spots 2007
• The Reds are coming - New copies of Liangzhu Jades 2007
• Some recent prices of small carved jade items 2007
• Jade from the Gobi Desert 2007
• Souvenirs from Beijing! 2007
• Jades from mayor archaeological discoveries in China in 2003 and 2004 2006
• Jades from major archaeological discoveries in China in 2003 and 2004 2006
• The half-a-million Yuan Renminbi babies - 2005 jade auction prices 2006
• Jade in Khotan 2006
• Jade Trade Chips Away at a Bit of China's Soul 2006
• Jades from major archaeological discoveries in China in 2005 2006
• Small Chinese Jades – Auction prices Winter 2005 in Beijing 2006
• Marco Polo reporting from Kinsay – A new jade hotspot in Hangzhou 2006
• Old Jade - A new simulant for archaic Liangzhu Jades 2006
• Food for Thoughts - Are Archaic Jades Copies of Silk Weaving Implements? 2006
• Liangzhu Jade - The real McCoy! 2006
• White Jade from Khotan – The prices rising! 2006
• Old Chinese Jades: Real or Fake? 2006
• The Tears of the Queen Mother of the West 2005
• Fine Chinese Jades, you bet! 2005
• Ge’ermu Jade – The Twins #2 2005
• Schlagintweit – Modern European Explorers 2005
• Small Jades from the Qing Dynasty 2005
• Kara-Kash Dam 2005
• The "Giant Cong" of Linping 2005
• Mythical Mountains carved in Jade Pebbles 2005
• Red Jade 2005
• Gold is valuable but Jade is precious! 2005
• China Today - April, 2005 2005
• China: Dawn of a Golden Age 2005
• Chinese Jades, by Ming Wilson 2005
• Jade: Symbol of Beauty, Nobility, and Perfection 2005
• Jade News - A look behind the curtains - March 2005 2005
• Jade in the Zhou-Li 2005
• Jade and North America's Northwest Coast 2005
• Jade: Ch’ing Dynasty Treasures from the National Museum of History, Taiwan 2005
• Chinese Jade and Scroll Paintings from the Dongxi Collection 2005
• Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades 2005
• Jade pebbles galore in the Bazar of Urumqi 2005
• Neolithic Jades of the Liangzhu Culture in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum of Hangzhou 2004
• Copies of Neolithic Jades of the Liangzhu Culture, Zhejiang, China 2004
• Antiquity Collectors Market - Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 2004
• Why Jade? 2004
• Why Jade Part 2 - River Jade Pebbles 2004
• Search for Jade in the Yurung-Kash River 2004
• Jade Floor Screen (China) 2004
• Polar Jade Lotus Peak 2004
• Jade: Occurrence And Metasomatic Origin 2004
• GIA Museum Presents Ancient Chinese Jade Carvings from Smithsonian Institution 2004
• Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman 1997
• Splendors of Imperial China: Jades from the National Palace Museum 1996

Jadeite, Burma & Mesoamerica (8)

• The Greens are coming - White nephrite jade from Ge'ermu with green spots 2007
• A Look At 16 years of Burma Jade Mines 2007
• Old Chinese Jades: Real or Fake? 2006
• China Today - April, 2005 2005
• Jade: Symbol of Beauty, Nobility, and Perfection 2005
• Jadeite 2004
• Jade Tectonics in Central America 2004
• High-pressure, metasomatic rocks along the Motagua Fault Zone, Guatemala 2002

Siberia, Russia & Central Asia (10)

• Time is running out – The last Fabergé type green Siberian jade boulder? 2008
• Russia, Old and New - Siberian jade objects 2008
• Shetai Jade site in Inner Mongolia 2007
• A new jade mine in Inner Mongolia 2007
• Prices of small Chinese white jade carvings 2007
• Is Google a Friend of Jade? 2006
• The White Jade from the Vitim Mountains in Eastern Siberia 2005
• Jade pebbles galore in the Bazar of Urumqi 2005
• Why Jade Part 2 - River Jade Pebbles 2004
• Jade: Occurrence And Metasomatic Origin 2004

Europe & Jade History (14)

• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries – Part 3 2007
• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries – Part 5 2007
• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries - Part 4 2007
• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries – Part 2 2007
• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries - Part 1 2007
• The Perfect Jeweller - Anselmus De Boodt at the Court of Rudolf II 2006
• Jade at the Court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague 2006
• Jade Royale - Royal Jades in France 2006
• Food for Thoughts - Are Archaic Jades Copies of Silk Weaving Implements? 2006
• The Price of Lapis Nephriticus in the Netherlands 2006
• Mur Nockerln – Austrian Dumplings in Nephrite Jade! 2006
• Schlagintweit – Modern European Explorers 2005
• Jade News - Fall 2003 2003
• Jade in Switzerland - April 2003 2003

Markets, Auctions & Prices (22)

• Jades from the major archeological discoveries in China in 2008 2009
• The top jade items of the art auctions of 2008 2009
• Time is running out – The last Fabergé type green Siberian jade boulder? 2008
• Top jade auction prices in 2007 2008
• 2007 auction price expectations of Chinese white jade carvings and boulders 2008
• Prices of small Chinese white jade carvings 2007
• The Greens are coming - White nephrite jade from Ge'ermu with green spots 2007
• The Reds are coming - New copies of Liangzhu Jades 2007
• Some recent prices of small carved jade items 2007
• Jade from the Gobi Desert 2007
• Souvenirs from Beijing! 2007
• The half-a-million Yuan Renminbi babies - 2005 jade auction prices 2006
• The State of the World's Jade Markets 2006
• Small Chinese Jades – Auction prices Winter 2005 in Beijing 2006
• White Jade from Khotan – The prices rising! 2006
• The Price of Lapis Nephriticus in the Netherlands 2006
• Fine Chinese Jades, you bet! 2005
• Small Jades from the Qing Dynasty 2005
• Mythical Mountains carved in Jade Pebbles 2005
• Gold is valuable but Jade is precious! 2005
• Antiquity Collectors Market - Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China 2004
• Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman 1997

Carving & Carvers (24)

• DONN SALT and MATT GLASBY WORKSHOP 2013
• Matt Gasby Workshop 2012 2012
• JADE WORKSHOPS IN VERNON B.C. & FAIRFIELD CA. 2008 2009
• Time is running out – The last Fabergé type green Siberian jade boulder? 2008
• Jade carving in Suzhou, China 2008
• 2007 auction price expectations of Chinese white jade carvings and boulders 2008
• Prices of small Chinese white jade carvings 2007
• California's First International Jade Carvers Workshop 2007
• Deborah Wilson: The Art of Jade 2007
• White jade jewelry - A new approach 2007
• A mountain scene carved in white jade from Ge'ermu 2007
• The Greens are coming - White nephrite jade from Ge'ermu with green spots 2007
• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries – Part 3 2007
• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries – Part 5 2007
• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries - Part 4 2007
• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries – Part 2 2007
• A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever – The Miseroni Lapidaries - Part 1 2007
• Jade at the Court of Emperor Rudolf II in Prague 2006
• Contemporary jade carving made to order: a few superb examples from Shanghai jade carver Wang YunMei 2006
• Gold is valuable but Jade is precious! 2005
• Jade News - A look behind the curtains - March 2005 2005
• Jade: Ch’ing Dynasty Treasures from the National Museum of History, Taiwan 2005
• B.C. Nephrite Report, 2004 2004
• GIA Museum Presents Ancient Chinese Jade Carvings from Smithsonian Institution 2004

Geology & Mineralogy (11)

• The Price of Lapis Nephriticus in the Netherlands 2006
• Mur Nockerln – Austrian Dumplings in Nephrite Jade! 2006
• Mastabia Jade - The Twins 2005
• Jadeite 2004
• Jade: Occurrence And Metasomatic Origin 2004
• Jade Tectonics in Central America 2004
• B.C. Nephrite Report, 2004 2004
• GIA Museum Presents Ancient Chinese Jade Carvings from Smithsonian Institution 2004
• High-pressure, metasomatic rocks along the Motagua Fault Zone, Guatemala 2002
• Gem Materials: Opportunites for research and cross-fertilization with education and culture 2001
• Asbestos and Jade Occurrences - Kobuk River Region, Alaska 1996

Fakes, Simulants & Identification (6)

• The Greens are coming - White nephrite jade from Ge'ermu with green spots 2007
• The Reds are coming - New copies of Liangzhu Jades 2007
• Old Jade - A new simulant for archaic Liangzhu Jades 2006
• Food for Thoughts - Are Archaic Jades Copies of Silk Weaving Implements? 2006
• Old Chinese Jades: Real or Fake? 2006
• Copies of Neolithic Jades of the Liangzhu Culture, Zhejiang, China 2004

Friends of Jade Bulletins (3)

• Friends of Jade Bulletin Vol 6 - 1989 2005
• Friends of Jade Bulletin Vol 2 - 1981 2005
• Friends of Jade Bulletin Vol 1 - 1980 2005

General Interest (10)

• Jade Estate Sale 2015
• Save The Jadefest 2013 2013
• Matt Glasby 2013 Carve-In 2013
• New trends in jade jewelry design 2007
• Blue Gold 2007
• Bob Ritchie - Spheres 2006
• Silk and Jade - Necklace design examples 2006
• Ge’ermu Jade – Update 2005
• Mastabia Jade - The Twins 2005
• Jade from Space 2005