Washington State  Adzes

 

Length: 2.758"

Width: 1.538"

Thickness: .231"

Lithic Material: JADE
EX: COWLES Grandview, WA.
Found by Ernie Cowles on Plymouth Island.
That is on the Columbia River near Umatilla, OR.

 

This picture demonstrates the technique used to cut Jade

 

This is my only personally found Jade Adz

Enumclaw, Washington

Length: 3.582"

Width: 2.136"

Thickness: .580"

Jadeite Adz

 

Length: 4.571"

Width: 2.315"

Thickness: .533"

Lithic Material: JADE

Jade Adz from The Ethan Allen Collection

Ex: Ethan Allen; Steve Lewis 

Length: 4.0"

Lithic Material: JADE

Found in the Puget Sound Region

 

Side Shot Showing the classic saw marks

Ex: Curtis Marlow Collection 

 

 

DARK GREEN JADE ADZ

Length: 2.726"

Width: 2.139"

Thickness: .364"

Hamma - Hamma River Washington State: Puget Sound Region

 

Length: 3.337"

Width: 1.812"

Thickness: .444"

Lithic Material: JADE

EX: COWLES Grandview, WA.
Found by Ernie Cowles at the mouth of the Palouse River where it dumps into the Snake River.
Franklin county Washington. This is the site of the famous Marmes Cave site. Now flooded.

 

Back side

Dipped in water to bring out the color

Front side

Length: 5.427"

Width: 2.404"

Thickness: .596"

Lithic Material: JADE

Skagit County, Washington State

 

Length: 7.443"

Width: 2.709"

Thickness: .649"

Lithic Material: Dark Green Chloromelanite

Chloromelanite is a very dark green, appearing black type of iron-rich Jadeite.

I have noticed some people are claiming this is a "type" of jade as is Jadeite and Nephrite. 

Because Chloromelanite is Jadeite, it should be called Jadeite.

Ex: Silas Baker

 

Length: 1.533"

Width: 1.663"

Thickness: .380"

Lithic Material: JADE

Ex: Baker  Collection

Length: 1.854"

Width: 1.495"

Thickness: .322"

Lithic Material: Nephrite

Ex: Baker  Collection

Length:  "

Width:  "

Thickness: "

Lithic Material: Jade

 

Length: 5.186"

Width: 1.972"

Thickness: .475"

Side Shot Showing the classic saw marks

SKAGIT COUNTY
WASHINGTON STATE

Lithic Material: Jade

Length: 2.740"

Width: 1.274"

Thickness: .420"

Lithic Material: Jade

 

Length: 6.719"

Width: 3.056"

Thickness: .621"

Skagit County Adz
(Fire Damaged)

 

Length: 6.36"

Width: 2.07"

Thickness: .66"

Location: Fraser River in British Columbia Canada

 Material: Fraser River Jade

 

Length: 7.00"

Width: 1.99"

Thickness: .89"

Fraiser River Jade ?
EX: Backstrom's Indian and Eskimo Art 1988
Slip stated: Jade Chisel from Columbia River.
 There are only 4 known and comes from the Upper Columbia River
Found in 1957 on the Douglas County side of the Columbia River from the small town of Entiat, Washington.