Jade Fever: Hunting the Stone of Heaven [Paperback]

Stan Leaming (Author), Rick Hudson (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1894384857 | ISBN-13: 978-1894384858 | Publication Date: March 15, 2005

Beautiful, translucent, and indestructible, jade has a mystique that's captivated people since Neolithic times. Stan Leaming, Canada's leading jade geologist, was fascinated by this unusual gem; he is credited with pioneering the emergence of the jade industry in British Columbia. Leaming shares his unique insight into the science and magic ofjade in this passionate exploration of the green stone's development from prehistoric tool to objet d'art. The reader is invited along with Leaming, a fascinating subject in himself, on a trip around the world as he hunts for the stone of heaven throughoutB.C. and Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe, Siberia, China, and even Down Under, where black jade is found.This book examines jade's appeal as a global industry, a divine inspiration, a medium for artistic expression, and even as a precipitator of some bizarre crimes. Rockhounds casual and serious will appreciate this comprehensive celebration of jade, enhanced with maps and photographs. The 16-page colour section includes photosof jade art by Lyle Sopel, B.C.'s foremost jade sculptor.

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About the Author

Stan Leaming, M.A., spent over a decade as a field geologist before joining the B.C. Geological Survey in 1960, retiring in 1982. Leaming has been involved in every majorjade discovery in B.C. Rick Hudson, Ph.D., was the editor of the Western Canadian Gemstone Newsletter forfive years and is a regular contributor to Canadian Rockhound and British ColumbiaRockhound.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Heritage House (March 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1894384857
• ISBN-13: 978-1894384858
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,240,161 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Repeating the mistakes of others-the anti intellectual approach, April 17, 2006

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William J. Mauthe "old student" (north woods Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jade Fever: Hunting the Stone of Heaven (Paperback)

This book portrays nephrite as a virtually monochromatic(green) stone to make cute animal carvings from(ala Lyle Sopel) or to be displayed in a form not far removed from a monolith. For an alternative and highly instructive view read "Jade Country" by Theo Schoon, which outlines how this short sighted approach wasted much of the most beautiful jade in New Zealand. North American Nephrite is the geological equivalent of New Zealand's, and obviously is being handled by the industry in the same way as it was early on in New Zealand. Too bad!