Unfortunately, the majority of green jade on eBay is polymer treated, this is especially true of that coming from China. Regardless of what the seller says, no one can realistically sell "Imperial" quality...
Jadeite jade is a very porous stone . It comprises of very minute granules of monoclinic crystals inter-locked against each other. This creates a lot of 'spaces' and 'pores' in between the crystals whereby...
The name jade has been, and continues to be, applied to a variety of materials that superficially or closely resemble jade but are not composed of either jadeite or nephrite. Some of the problem can...