Removing a jade bangle

 So -- now you've got me curious -- why does it have to be a
bangle? and why does it have to be such a tight fit? Why would a
cuff bracelet not work? 

Dear Margaret Here is a fascinating investigative book on the history
of jade from the imperial courts of China to modern Burma: “The Stone
Of Heaven”-“The Secret History Of Imperial Green Jade” by Adrian
Levy and CathyScott Clark, Published by Orion Books Ltd., ISBN
0-75381-329-7 (in the UK)

It reads like a thriller. It will answer a lot of questions and open
up a couple of new ones.

Poidi Trauttmansdorff