Poor jade so far
Greymouth reporter The 12-tonne greenstone boulder recovered from South Westland late last month is not revealing the best of jade—yet. A piece cut from one end was not of good quality. •‘lt might be a bit better when we get towards the middle of it, but it won’t produce a great fortune,”
said Mr B. J. Radomskl yesterday. "The colour is better at the opposite end to the first cut, but it will be a couple of weeks before we know more.” he said, explaining that the slow-moving blade took six days to cut through the boulder. "The piece we cut off would only be worth $2 to $3 a pound, but it should be of better quality further in,” Mr Radomskl said.
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Press, 31 May 1977, Page 1
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