it your sky-blue coloured interpretation of the known rare apple greeen "fei cui" jadeite from Burma? Nobody but you has ever seen any sky-blue jade, not even the nephrite-and-jadeite-crazy Qing Dynasty Emperor, Qianlong. He never had any, nor ever mentioned any. Rare indeedy, Zeedy." Remember when she tried to convince Richard Wise of that quote above. "The Heavenly Blue" jade? Yeah, the non-existent "Heavenly Blue" jade. If she meant nephrite, the true Chinese "Stone of Heaven", it's never been found in a sky-blue color. Ancient Chinese nephrite objects, like the "bi" were used in rituals where the discs were thought to be an intermediary between heaven and earth, thus the denotation of "Stone of Heaven". It has nothing to do with color. I would say Zeide G. Erskine knows even less about jade than she knows about pearls. To her credit, she does seem to know a heck of a lot about nothing. I forgot to mention this tidbit to Steven Bloom. For those who can't afford golden pearls here's an interesting ancient Indonesian pearl dying secret, soak yellowish beige Chinese freshwater eBay pearls in orange peel oil, they'll turn out golden and incredibly lustrous not to mention fragrant. The resulting pearls are best used in rings to make your hands more fragrant. More precisely, deturpening the orange oil is not necessary. The more intensely colored the oil, the better the color result. You should prime the pearls, though. Pearl priming can be done in any pot or dishwasher. First,