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They should bring luck, protection and matching
various clothing styles plus colors since a
variety of colors is available.
Jade or Yu
is
a very special mineral to create various jewelry items, it’s
the mystical birthstone for March. A jade pendant is bought
by Chinese people for two reasons, first, it looks and if it
is an expensive one its shows the person has money and the
other belief is it can protected from bad luck, evil spirits
and danger, which is a myth and only based on superstition .
This ornaments are also regarded as a talisman especially
when the pendant has the image of Buddha carved in, it might
keep bad luck away from you. All this shows it’s a important
material because people interpret so many things into it
which has never been proven by any means beside of believing
it.
Jade is jadeite and nephrite,
jadeite is the better stuff and can get very expensive, it
is mainly mined in Myanmar’s Kachin State, nephrite deposits
are all over the world but can’t match jadeite. It simply
has better colors, texture and translucency than nephrite.
The most valuable is "Imperial Jade" with a great green
color just like an emerald. Basically almost all colors are
available including black.
To clean jade jewelry
use
soft piece of cotton and some water to clean a jade pendant
or other items, never use any household cleaning chemicals. |
Light blue translucent |
Black jadeite pendant with a carved Chinese warrior. |
