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Green Stone Bottle -Jade?

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« on: July 07, 2016, 09:06:24 pm »

This looks to me like nephrite jade, and quite modern. In old China it was quite rare and hence highly sought after, but there are several commercial sources for this colour of jade nowadays - New Zealand, Canada, Siberia, and Central America to name but a few.
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