HAPPY CAMP JADE.................CALIFORNIA'S FORGOTTEN GEMSTONE

MANY STONES ARE CALLED HAPPY CAMP JADE, THE MOST COMMON IS VESUVIANITE, A GREEN STONE LOOKING VERY SIMILAR TO JADE, THERE IS ALSO TRUE NEPHRITE JADE FOUND, ALTHOUGH RARE.  THE WHITE STONE FOUND HERE MOST OFTEN IS GROSSULAR GARNET, AGAIN WHITE NEPHRITE HAS BEEN FOUND, BUT RARELY.  I WILL LABEL MY STONES TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

HAPPY CAMP JADE IS A STONE THAT IS FOUND IN VERY REMOTE AREAS OF WILD NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.  WE MINE WITH VERY LITTLE IMPACT ON THE PRISTINE ENVIROMENT IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WORK, ALMOST ALL OF OUR STONES ARE HAND COLLECTED.  WE WALK THE GRAVEL BARS ON THE KLAMATH RIVER AND THE CREEKS IN THIS AREA, WE ALSO SNORKEL IN THE SAME RIVERS AND STREAMS, MOST STONES WE FIND ARE SIMPLY PICKED UP, AND BACK PACKED OUT.  THIS MINING METHOD IS SIMPLE, CLEAN, AND NON DAMAGING TO THE ENVIROMENT, WE CONSIDER THIS TO BE A GREEN MINING PROCESS. 

ALL OF OUR STONES ARE ALL NATURAL, NO HEAT TREAMENTS, NO CHEMICAL ALTERATIONS, THEY ARE NOT ENHANCED IN ANY WAY, OTHER THAN THE LAPIDARY WORK WE PERFORM.

SO IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF JEWELRY, AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PEACE OF MIND, KNOWING THE ENVIROMENT WAS NOT HARMED IN THE PROCESS, YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE, HAPPY CAMP JADE.

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