Auction 390, 22 to 29 October.

Very well centered bright blue and grey trapiche sapphire.

Size: 1.1 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm.

Location: Mogok, Myanmar.

Auction 391, 25 Oct to 1 November.

A lovely gemmy twinned double pyramidal ruby crystal. It has some silk and very sharp growth lines.

Size: 0.8 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm.

Location: Mogok,Myanmar.

Auction 394, 1 to 8 November.

Very clean terminated brown painite crystal with excelent clarity. It will change colour to a warm red/brown when lit up against a gem light.

Size: 1.0 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm.

Location: Mogok, Myanmar.

Auction 399, 12 to 19 November.

A deep blood red ruby crystal with hexagonal double termination on both ends. It is partly transparent.

Size: 0.7 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm.

Location: Mogok,Myanmar.

On auction.

Cluster of intergrown red/pink spinel crystals with clear tabular muscovite crystals.

Size: 2.8 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm.

Location: Mogok, Myanmar.

Excellent example of a very nicely crystallized mushroom tourmaline from the Khat Chel mine. This is the largest specimen of its kind I have seen so far.

Size: 6.0 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm.

Location: Momeik,Myanmar.

Size: 2.3 x 0.45 x 0.4 cm.

Location: Mogok, Myanmar.

Excellent gem quality of a well terminated painite crystal. This one is very rare because of its clarity. The colour changes from a dark brown to warm red/brown when held over a gem light.

Size: 0.5 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm.

Location: Mogok, Myanmar.

Price on request.

One of the most mysterious gemstone is jade which has been appreciated predominantly by the Chinese community since antiquity.

Today jade is mined about 420 km north of Mandalay in Myanmar, former Burma, and then taken to the Mandalay jade market where it is cut and polished.

There is also a twice yearly auction, Emporium, in Yangon where you can bid for boulders of the finest jade.

Some of the best carving is done in Hong Kong with the highest final polish.

You can find excellent reading about the history and the different types of jade in the articles below by Richard W Hughes.

www.ruby-sapphire.com/burma-jade-mines.htm

www.palagems.com/burma_jade.htm

www.palagems.com/burma_jade_pt2.htm

My friend U Tin Maung is one of the very experienced Burmese traders in the jade market. He and his friends have a sound knowledge in what determines ‘good’ and ‘valuable’ jade.

With this connection in mind I can supply you with the best quality of jade.

For further information please contact me at kbrucksch@hotmail.com.

Have a look at some videos I took while I visited the Mandalay jade market in May 2010.

 Episode 1 ‘Myanmar Jade’

  Episode 2 ‘Jade of All Colours’

  Episode 3 ‘My Friends’

  Episode 4 ‘Judging and Cutting Jade’

  Episode 5 ‘Polishing Jade Pieces For Sale’

  Episode 6 ‘Final Polish Of Jade’

  Episode 7 ‘Jade Bangles 1’

  Episode 8 ‘Jade Bangles 2’

  Episode 9 ‘Jade Bangles 3’

  Episode 10 ‘Cutting Jade Bangles’

  Episode 12 ‘Beetle Nut Preparation’

  Episode 14 ‘The Rough Boulders of Jade’

  Episode 15 ‘Boulders of Jade 2’

  Episode 16 ‘Boulders of Lavender Jade’

  Episode 17 ‘Boulder Jade Inspection’

  Episode 18 ‘Cutting Up Big Boulders of Jade’

  Episode 19 ‘Lavender Jade’

  Episode 20 ‘Variety of Quality’

 Episode 22 ‘Slicing a Boulder of Jade’

  Episode 24 ‘ Yummy Satays & Sugar Cane Juice’

  Episode 25 ‘ Beautiful Jade Bangles At My Table’

  Cutting Jade Bangles 2

  Polishing Jade Bangles

  Jade Boulder Auction

Some special mineral specimens.