Jade Necklaces—Nice Necklaces!

Jade Necklaces beads are usually made into necklaces and bracelets. Try mixing different shapes with complimenting colors to produce stylish jewelry. Matching jade earrings also look good. Design matching sets to boost your sales. Jade Bangle Apart from beads, jadeite bangles have always been popular in Asia – some as recent as the art deco period have fetched hundreds of thousands-of-dollars in auctions. So buyers expect jade to be expensive. Naturally these colors form over millions of years from minerals in the rock. Jade Rings The emerald-green color of “Imperial Jade” jadeite is the most sought after by collectors. Only 150-years ago, it was realized that the word jade was being applied to two different minerals: jadeite and nephrite. Jade Jewelry The nephrite variety is composed of fibrous crystals inter-twinned in a tough compact mass. Nephrite is more abundant than jadeite and has fewer color varieties – usually less intense dark spinach greens, white, browns, and black. The best jade has a waxy, pearly appearance. Feeling cool and so smooth, it seems soft to the touch. Yet hard enough that pressure from a sharp knife will not leave a mark. Quality rocks are usually cut into smooth dome shapes called cabochons, which are sold by the piece rather than per carat.