Cutting a Cabochon out of Nephrite Jade from Washington State- Rough to Cabochon

Today I cut a peice of rough nephrite jade from the poor boy mine here in Washington state. High grading a slab and cutting a cabochon.
Next time we will set this slab into a sterling silver pendant.
To see the jewelry we have available go to,
www.shapingtheearthco.com/
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[@goldcambodia]

Good!

[@Mamarisa91]

So proud of you guys! Great work! ❤

[@alexhudson-]

I'm from Bremerton and I just got into rock hounding and found one of these and now I'm hooked. Great content!

[@thomascovenant665]

Love this Poor Boy Jade.. Ive got a hunk i bought at a rockshop in Auburn Wa. some 20 years ago!

[@gregh4284]

That's a beautiful piece.

[@dantherealist5811]

Great video . Thanks for the content. Put some glasses on when cutting so you can keep it up.

[@bequakynskagroupie3751]

Righteous düds!! Don’t know how I haven’t discovered any of your vids on YT until now...

[@farpointstation]

Would be awesome to see some videos of your guys on the hunt, maybe giving tips and best practices along the way?

[@meatinc]

Farpoint Station yes! Once weather clears up that’s the plan!

[@sherrys.2259]

Thanks for the information. I've been hunting jade for a while and can relate to your comment about scarcity. Do you mind if I ask what saw you are using?

[@edclaytor1873]

If you want to get rid of your opaque green jade let me know....

[@johnnynephrite6147]

Did you say the "poor boy" claim? Ive never seen Washington jade of that color or clarity.

[@cococruz652]

Wow, I want to have one to have a pendant.

[@lydiavazquez7749]

Your pieces online are very beautiful, and not pretentious at all. Does the opal come from here in Washington as well?
I assume they do, even though supposedly we dont have that type of opal. I have lived here my whole life and never even imagined we had gems so amazing here, let alone the quality and rarity that we do.
Thanks for the educational videos. I’m going to try my hand at shaping a small cab

[@ChalcedonyKid79]

Hey there!! I live out in Big Sur CA and hunt jade so often and have some really good pieces so its time for me to learn how to polish these guys, so I have a few questions:
1. Can I polish these by hand and if so is 600 and up the best?
2. Do you know how fire resistant jade is ? I would like to use precious metal clay for bezels and bails.
3. Can I pay you for a one on one via zoom maybe to help me through this process perhaps ?
Anything helps !!

[@MiMi-fw1sc]

no, 4.02

[@user-wm1oo4os7e]

This guy has a sexy voice lol. Very cool seeing the process from start to finish!

[@MiMi-fw1sc]

i need lots of Jade, half tone

[@williamalmanon]

Where's your dip stick and dip wax

[@MiMi-fw1sc]

is blue stone, in nature, rarer than green?

[@tinbotturnbot4024]

Where in washington are you?

[@MiMi-fw1sc]

small piece are ok, like mozaick, to cover face, for monument

[@venkyi4479]

I have 5kg jadeite

[@cococruz652]

Nice. I want to have one for a pendant.

[@josgeensen7579]

You sure this isn't serpinteen jade doesn't chip off like it did when you hit it with the chisel bit unless it was extremely fractured

[@joshballenger3629]

Is that jade?!?

[@MiMi-fw1sc]

of green Jade, mybe i need 50kg dont know

[@MiMi-fw1sc]

ok, blue go to point...but