Скачать или смотреть 2025 International Jade Summit at the Monterey Bay Jade Festival **FULL VIDEO**

Every year, the Monterey Bay Jade Festival brings together jade carvers, miners, sellers, and collectors in Monterey, CA. This event features over 45 jade vendors, the Georg Schmerholz Jade Carving Exhibition, and now the International Jade Summit.

This video features the four seminars presented by 2025 International Jade Summit speakers Mary Lou Ridinger, the discoverer of Guatemalan jadeite jade, Lou Blanck a geophysicist lecturing on jade formation, Kirk Makepeace, the founder of Jade West Group in Canada, and Jeff Mason, the owner of Mason-Kay Jade.

*Please forgive the quality, as this is not professional footage but rather a video taken from the audience during the event.* Note that the audio for Lou Blanck's seminar is especially spotty.

Note that audience questions, one of the many perks of attending in-person, have been removed because the microphone was not able to pick up that particular audio. While this video is no substitute for the networking opportunities afforded to guests who attended the event, including meeting the speakers in person – I hope the enthusiasm of the speakers and audience will inspire you, and that you learn something from this video you’ve never heard before.

*2026 INTERNATIONAL JADE SUMMIT DATES*
Saturday, June 13th at Monterey History and Art Museum
https://montereybayjadefestival.org/
(Registration coming in January '26)

2025 MBJF Video:    • Inside California's Jade Carving Culture |...  

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*MORE INFORMATION*
Summit Sponsor - Mason-Kay Jade https://masonkay.com/
*Speakers*
Mary Lou Ridinger - Founder, Jade Maya https://jademaya.com/
Lou Blanck - Geologist/Geophysicist
Kirk Makepeace - https://jademine.com/
Jeff Mason - https://www.mkjadejewelry.com/

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This event was made possible by Jade Events Unlimited and the sponsorship of Mason-Kay Jade. A HUGE thank you to Justin Barrett and Adrienne Gammiere, as well as my husband Hun'r and my mother-in-law Paula.

Organizing and hosting this significant assembly of jade professionals was an honor and a pleasure, and I look forward to directing the next conference in 2026 as well. I thank the Jade Events Unlimited board for this incredible opportunity, and of course, their enthusiastic support in bringing a jade conference to the USA.

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*TIMESTAMPS*
00:01:17 Guatemalan Jade with Mary Lou Ridinger of Jade Maya
00:41:02 Jade Formation with Geophysicist Lou Blanck
01:26:51 Canadian Jade with Kirk Makepeace
2:21:43 Natural Vs Treated Jade with Jeff Mason