It would be a hassle imagining the fashion and style nature of over six thousand years back yet nobody can resist reading the fascinating story of Jade jewelry art. Those who do not mind probing further about any fashion item they wear may want to find out the originality of Jade stone. The lovers of Soo Chow jade, may already know that it was named after a Chinese town and it is still in this exact country that jade stone was used for more that the above number of years. These ancient people knew about the priceless beauty of gold and the valuable nature of silver but they still maintained jade as king in their jewelry art.
They carved the stone in to any image and jewelry they desired and top most believed it was a gemstone from heaven. In the other cultural oriented continent South America, jade stone brought healing as well as protection and today perhaps it is just a symbol of otherness and sophistication. This versatile stone is not necessarily green as many would imagine but materialize in other vivid colors too such as oranges, purples and yellows or neutral colors such as white and black. It is obtained from twin gemstones called jadeite and nephrite although the latter is commonly used because it easily obtainable from countries such as Guatemala, Swiss Alps and China among others.
An extra quality that makes this jade stone popular is because it has other tones apart form the ones mentioned above such as red and gray. Even though jadeite is not preferred it is obtainable also in all the same countries aforementioned for nephrite and others like Russia, California and Burma and it has different colors also such as pink, brown, and all the others stated earlier. Once excavated, natural jade (type A) is bee waxed, and sold in pieces while the value of each bit is determined by the richness of texture, color, transparency and cuts. ..Continue reading..