This means there are cotton and natural impurities but they do not affect the quality of the stone.Īll of our items come with their own certificate guaranteeing Type A Jadeite. This one is a Special Price and Special Deal! Item and certificate is ready to be shipped!! Jadeite beads are all natural. Serpentine - Softer, less dense, has a greasy feel.Jade Measurement: Approximately 6 mm x 128 pcs.Ĭomments: It is so rare to find imperial green these days. Nephrite - Has a lower specific gravity than Jadeite, otherwise very difficult to distinguish. Serpentine, Nepheline, Calcite, Quartz, Aragonite, Glaucophane, Vesuvianite Small yet visible crystals come from the Russian River in the vicinity of Cloverdale, Mendocino Co., (and nearby Sonoma Co.) California. In the U.S., large masses come from Clear Creek in the Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California and waterworn nuggets from Cape San Martin (Jade Cove), Big Sur, Monterey Co., California. Other important deposits are Itmurundy Massif, Krasnyi Oktyabr, Kazakhstan Kharp, Siberia, Russia Yunian, Tibet, China Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan and Sierra de las Minas, Motagua Valley, Guatemala. Some of the finest Jadeite comes from Tawmaw, Myanmar (Burma), which is one of the largest producers of gem-quality Jade. See the gemstone section on Jade for more information. Valuable ornamental sculptures and figures are often carved from this gem. It is cut into cabochons, beads, and earrings, and some rings and bracelets may be carved out of an entire mass of Jade. Jadeite is an important mineral, as it is the primary form of the gemstone Jade. Occasionally also yellow, pink, purple, brown, and black sometimes multicolored or banded. Light to dark green, apple-green, emerald-green, gray, white, and cream-yellow. Sodium aluminum silicate, sometimes with some calcium and iron Jadeite is rarely represented in mineral collections, since it is usually uninteresting in its rough form and commercially mined only for gemstone use. Emerald-green Jade, known as Imperial Jade, is the most valuable form of Jade. The most common color for both forms of Jade is pale green. Jadeite Jade is the rarer and more valuable form of Jade. In fact, they were thought to be one mineral type until 1863, when it was discovered that they are scientifically different minerals. The Jadeite and Nephrite forms of Jade are almost identical, and it may be very difficult to distinguish the two. On a gemological standpoint, all tough masses of Jadeite and Nephrite are called Jade. Jadeite is not the only form of Jade the amphibole mineral Nephrite (a variety of Actinolite) also has a gem form of Jade. Jade was very precious in some ancient societies, and was sometimes worth even more than Gold. Jewelry and ornamental carvings were made from Jade throughout history. Jadeite is most famous for its gem form of Jade.

Imperial jadeite beads