Jade

[@johnhampshire25]

Thanks for the video, I'm still learning and I'm from Minnesota

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Gathoklea]

Love these videos, Rick! Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge with us.

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

You are so welcome. Glad it's useful! And thanks for coming to the quartz class 😄🙌

[@WilsonAlexander-dz6ub]

We have jade from Guatemala and did the hammer test . The bead slipped and made a fweeeeeeew sounds it traveled so fast like a bullet😂 Nice video btw

[@Teleman01]

What's amazing to me is how expensive pure green jade can be. They can easily go over the cost of diamonds and precious metals.

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

Right?! There are actually a surprising number of stones & minerals that sell for more than diamonds & precious metals!

[@vigilrach]

Do you teach classes? My grandpa used to make jewelry from rocks. But he passed away. I wish I had learned more from him.

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

That's cool that this connects you to your grandpa ☺️❤️ Rick doesn't teach jewelry classes anymore. Any classes he has coming up will be posted in our Facebook group, Utah Rock Collectors. But there are a lot of tutorials on KZbin and FB.

[@vigilrach]

@@RockOnRickMaritta I think it would be cool to sit down with someone and and what kid of rocks I have. My grandpa called one piece Wyoming jade and now I’m curious.

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

@@vigilrach bring then by the house! We have an open house/rock sale every month, last Wednesday of the month. See our FB group Utah Rock Collectors for address & time details, we also post all our excursions there too.

[@lalaanae333]

So Guatemalan jade is mostly nephrite ?

[@charbertjara6682]

I have two of rarest ANCIENT nephrites jade

[@slipline4threcon688]

Can you talk about happy camp jade- vesuvianote and idocrase and grossular garnet- because i have a family member that had a mine that the chinese would buy from and they bought it as jade- all the way up until world war 2

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

And it's still sold as jade. I've not heard the term Happy Camp but definitely vesuvianite and idocrase and garnet are sold as jade, along with other things- I bought a talc carving in Korea that was sold as "Korean jade," for example. Of course I knew it wasn't - the guy was pretty mad when I turned it over & scratched the bottom with a coin 😄 I didn't care, it was a big beautiful ship carving & cost, like, $5 🤷

[@slipline4threcon688]

@@RockOnRickMaritta discord link to talk and share pictures

[@rockhoundingeasternwashing5308]

Is Siberian jade actually Jadeite, or is it nephrite?

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

Great question. Rick is checking.

[@janniimani399]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@slipline4threcon688]

I want to pick your brain on happy camp jade ?

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

This is Rick. I must admit I don't have a lot of first hand experience with Happy Camp Jade. I've collect jades at several of the locations in Northern California but not there.

[@slipline4threcon688]

@@RockOnRickMaritta if you find you wayy back to northern Cali to get more message me you can come see some of my cllection :)

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

@@slipline4threcon688 thanks very much!!! We will do that, and the same to you if you are ever in SLC, UT!

[@goodluck9089]

BC nephrite is amazing

[@RockOnRickMaritta]

Yes it is!!!

[@philporter9957]

This is great, but very wrong about Nephrite. It IS a mineral. Actinolite and Trenolite are end members of a solid solution series, actinolte containing iron and in Tremolite it is mainly replaced by Magnesium. They are essentially the same mineral otherwise, hence Nephrite is not a ‘mixture’ of two minerals. Nephrite is just a very compacted version.

[@الشيخابراهيمالاصور]

لدينا في اليمن أحجار يشم كبيره

[@李偉論]

It’s rock not jade