1 Day Jade Fundamentals
Event Information
Event description
Learn the basic knowledge and
identification of the type of jades, A -jade, B-jade, C-jade and B+C-jade with our gemology tools.
About this Event
Date : 30 January 2021
Time : 9.30am - 5pm
Fee : $230 (NOT claimable from SkillsFuture credit)
Maximum - 6 people in a class
Learn about the following:
- What is jade?
- Chemical and physical properties of jadeite and nephrite
- Sources of jadeite and nephrite
- Mining of jadeite-jade in Burma
- Order of rarity of jade among other gemstones
- Treatment of jadeite- A-jade – B-jade, B+C-jade and C-jade.
- Discuss testing methods e.g. infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscope
- Basic testing of jade imitations using loupe, refractometer and prism spectroscopy.
