Of course it is not always as easy to diagnose a fracture when there is little or no displacement, or as in this image, some impaction. Look closely and you should see a sclerotic (lighter) band obliquely across the distal radius.
Although the highest quality jade can cost more than gold, at thousands of dollars per ounce, the price of nephrite jade generally varies from C$10 (HK$63) to C$100 per kilogram as a raw stone, according to the BC Ministry of Energy and Mines.
About half of Myanmarâs yearly production of jade, which is worth about $4.3 billion, however, trickles over âunofficiallyâ to China. For 2012, the official exports of Burmese jade stood at only $34 million, which, even taking into account Myanmarâs domestic consumption, is far too low.