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Jade

Jade is a name shared by two distinctly different minerals - Nephrite, a calcium magnesium silicate, and jade, a sodium aluminium silicate. Both have monoclinic crystal systems and are exceptionally tough stones, a trait caused by their finely interlocked and strongly bonded crystal structures.

The name Jade is derived, rather accidentally, from the Spanish term pier de jade ( or lapis nephrictus in Latin), meaning ’stone of the loin’ Where the term was misprinted in a French translation, it became pierre le jade.

The first Jade arrived in Europe from Mesoamerica, brought back by the conquistadors. During the seventeenth century, when Jade supplies from the Americas had diminished, Chinese carving of similar-looking stone labeled Nephrite, from the Latin, and it was later discovered that these were different materials from the original American Jade.

However, Burmese stones entering the marketplace in the mid-1800s were found to be the same as the original America Jade, and both of there were called Jadeite.

Today both types of stone are traded as Jade.

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Bowenite - Serpentine - 13g to 23g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

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Jade

Bowenite - Serpentine - 13g to 23g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Dianite - Blue Jade- Tumbled Stone

Jade - Brazil - Up to 10g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - Brazil -10g to 15g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - Brazil -15g to 20g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - Buddstone - African Jade - 5g to 10g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - Buddstone - African Jade - Up to 5g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - Chytha - Serpentine - Tumbled Stone

Jade - Myanmar - Tumbled Stone

Jade - Nephrite - 5.1g Flat Tumbled stone (Ref Ind10)

Jade - Nephrite - 8g TO 12g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - Nephrite - Up to 8g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - Olivian - Olive Jade - Serpentine - 10g to 15g Tumbled (Selected)

Jade - Olivian - Olive Jade - Serpentine - 5g to 10g Tumbled (Selected)

Jade - Rich Jade - Tumbled Stone

Jade - Siberian - Tumbled Stone.

Jade - White - 10g to 15g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - White - 20g to 25g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - White - 3.5g to 8g Flat Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - White - 5g to 10g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Jade - Yellow - Tumbled Stone

Jade -'AA' Siberian (medium) - Tumbled Stone

Jadeite - Jade with Actinolite - Tumbled Stone (Medium)

New Jade - Serpentine -3.5g to 8g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Purple Jade, Boxed Tumbled Stone (Ref TB57)

Purple Jade, Boxed Tumbled Stone (Ref TB58)

Purple Jade, Boxed Tumbled Stone (Ref TB59)

Serpentine - 15g to 25g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Serpentine - New Jade - 3.5g to 8g Tumbled Stone (Selected)

Serpentine - Up to 15g Tumbled Stone (Selected)