Edwards Black Jade

Edwards Black Jade is only found in one place in the world.  Just a little bit ago Cissie encounterd the grandson of the guy who discovered it.  One of the great joys of moving about is the people you meet and the stories that go with them.  The old timer told us how he had been at Quartzite selling the last remnants of the jade.  In a sense it is more precious than gold. There is only a known quantity that exist in the world and it has only been found in Montana.  The salesman’s grandfather sent samples to the Smithsonian, and they let him know there was nothing like it anywhere.  Research showed it did not exist in Japan, China or anywhere else in the world that anyone knows of.  The grandfather followed the 12ft in diameter shaft of jade down about 60 ft.  Later some others bought the mine and went down to 80ft.  That was the end of it.

The story about how his grandfater walked up and down the same trail for several years, until onday he stopped and saw a glint near the trail.  Over he went to the black jade and tapped with his hammer. The ring told him it was jade.  In a little bit The Kadizzles will go look at a box full of the last remenants of this jade for sale.  Our jade acquaintance said a woman uses the jade to make knife handles.  Some of her knives sell for ten thousand dollars. Later Kadizzle will update this story with some pictures and more information

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