About Us

I dug and sold Wyoming fossil fish for 32 years. Now I mine jade from central Wyoming. From my jade we produce well crafted earrings, pendants and bangles.  Our products are cut, polished and fabricated locally.

I'm out of town frequently. So I don't think an automated checkout is appropriate for this website.  Email or phone me and I'll send a PayPal invoice for the purchase and shipping amounts.   Wyoming residents pay 6% sales tax.

Shipping costs depend on  the size  and weight of the package.  I either ship USPS or UPS depending on the package size

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Nephrite jade is Wyoming's state gemstone. It is found in a wide area in the central part of Wyoming from the southern Wind River Range in the west to Guernsey reservoir in the east, and from Sage Creek in the south to the Owl Creek Mountains in the north. My nephrite was mined from the Granite Mountains of Fremont County, Wyoming.

Nephrite jade ranges in color from very rare white, to black. The shade of green depends on how much iron is in the rock. White nephrite has very little iron. Medium Green nephrite has some iron and black jade has a large amount of iron.

Nephrite is calcium-magnesium-iron-aluminum silicate amphibole mineral the actinolite-tremolite series.  Nephrite solidified from fluids related tor rocks melted during a continental collision in the Granite Mountains area about 2600 million years ago.

I mine jade from two sites in the Granite Mountains of Wyoming. The Granite Mountains are rounded weathered hills. During the Laramide orogeny that shaped the Rocky Mountains, the Granite Mountains were impressive, similar to the Wind River Range. Rivers ran off their sides, depositing conglomerates on the mountain flanks. A bit of jade was deposited in these conglomerates as well. Jade from these conglomerates has been spread far and wide since the center of the Granite Mountains collapsed during the Eocene.  The entire area was filled in during the Oligocene and Miocene and Pliocene.  It is eroding out today.