Title: Repeating the mistakes of others-the anti intellectual approach
Review: 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!
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