Vintage MING'S Honolulu Lavender JADEITE RING 14k Plum Flower Setting Size 5.5
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Vintage MING'S Honolulu Lavender JADEITE RING 14k Plum Flower SettingMing's famous PLUM FLOWER hand carved to Create a Fabulous 14K Gold SettingSize 5.5(1) approximately 14 X 17mm Oval Cabochon14K Yellow GoldStamped: 14k - MING'SThe Color of the Jadeite Varies slightly due to the different lighting7.8 gr"Ming's of Honolulu (Hawaii)- "THE TIFFANY'S of the PACIFIC" was a fine jewelry company that sold high-quality jewelry (both gold and silver), often using pearls, jade, onyx and coral. The designs often reflected Hawaiian and Asian motifs. Ming's also produced hand-carved figurals depicting exotic leaves (like banana leaves), flowers (like hibiscus, anthurium, pikake, bird of paradise, and orchids) and other natural objects. The artist Wook Moon began Ming's in 1940 and the store soon expanded over the Hawaiian Islands, and to San Francisco, New York City, Miami, Houston, Ft. Lauderdale, and Atlanta. The last of the Ming's stores (in Honolulu) closed in October, 1999.The term jade is used for two different minerals, jadeite and nephrite. Only jadeite has value as a gem material in and of itself. For jadeite, the intensity of the green color, combined with a high degree of translucency are the key factors in judging value. Stones which are too dark in color or not so translucent are less highly valued. Ideally, color should be completely
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