Jadeite Necklace Sells for Record $ 27.6 Million US at Hong Kong Auction

A jadeite necklace once owned by U.S. retail heiress Barbara Hutton was bought by the Cartier Collection at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong on Monday evening for 214 million Hong Kong dollars (US$27.6 million), a record price for jadeite jewellery.

The necklace is made up of 27 large jadeite beads, which were given to Hutton from her father, the founder of the Woolworth retail chain, as a wedding present when she married Prince Alexis Mdivani in 1933. The necklace is adorned with a ruby and diamond clasp by Cartier.

Jadeite is particularly popular among wealthy Chinese collectors, and prices for jadeite items — especially large beaded necklaces — have fetched high prices in recent years at auction. The stone was venerated by the imperial court, which often preferred the stone to other gems such as rubies and diamonds.

Jadeite (Grade A) Hand Carved Buddha Pendant $450

Jadeite (Grade A) Hand Carved Buddha Pendant

$450  

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• Types: ice waxy Type-A jadeite jade Origin: Myanmar. Dimensions: 29mm * 29mm * 7mm (length, width and thickness.) Weight: 9.04g. Color -- bluish green Luster -- vitreous Transparency -- translucent Texture -- fine
• Comes with Jewelry certificate. Unique Style,Limited Edition, only one in stock.
• pictures are enlarged to show the details. Please note the actual size. Adjustable string added as necklace before shipment
• This is a 100% hand-carved jadeite jade pendant.. This jade pendant is 100% natural, untreated, undyed Type-A jadeite jade. It is carved into a lovely "Buddha. Beautiful translucent honey brown / yellow with light bluish green by Mother Nature makes this pendant simply unique and attractive. The craftsmanship and design is unique . The jade has a beautiful luster and silky feel cool.
• It is believed that keeping Him close to you can make you enhance the luck in the aspects of great happiness, well-being, wealth, self-development as well as victory. This pendant is definitely deserved to be addition to your collection or as a gift to your beloved one. This item Absolute hand-carved,the carving craftsmen according to the natural shape of jade to ingenious design and engraving,From the choice of materials, design, carving to polishing, A pendant need one to two weeks to complete so you bought the absolute only one in this world.

Jadeite and Jewelry Appreciation (Chinese Edition)

Due to its significance and the rising middle class in China, today jade has become an important collection among the Chinese people. This book helps the readers learn more about the jade and jewelry, and more importantly, teaches how to distinguish between the good and bad ones.

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Jadeite Grade A Buddha Pendant $899

Jadeite Jade (Grade A) Hand Carved "Guan Yin Buddha" Pendant

$ 899 

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Jadeite Buddha

• Types: ice waxy (A grade jadeite) Origin: Myanmar. Dimensions: 46mm * 31mm * 9mm (length, width and thickness.) Color: faint bluish green +Dark bluish green. Weight: 18.34g. Transparency: Translucent Luster -- vitreous. Texture -- fine. Comes With Jewelry certificate. Unique Style,Limited Edition, only one in stock
• Pictures are enlarged to show the details. Please note the actual size.
• This item Absolute hand-carved,the carving craftsmen according to the natural shape of jade to ingenious design and engraving,From the choice of materials, design, carving to polishing, A pendant need one to two weeks to complete so you bought the absolute only one in this world All the jewelry comes ready to give as a gift. You will receive your jewelry beautifully boxed, ready for gift giving!
• This jade pendant is 100% natural, untreated, undyed Type-A jadeite jade. It is carved into a lovely "Guan Yin". Beautiful very translucent faint bluish green with dbluish green patches by Mother Nature makes this pendant very special and beautiful. . This pendant has fine texture and is translucent. The craftsmanship is detailed. The carving was perfectly done with very detailed work, The sense of touch is cool. jadeite pendant is a very good choice to treat yourself with something very special & precious or a fantastic gift to your beloved one

Burmese Jadeite AAA Stones Uncut 8.8 pounds $ 5,000

Burmese Jadeite AAA 4 Kilos 8.8 Pounds $5,000

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Jadeite Dragon Necklace Pendant

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Jade Fever in British Columbia

"WE ALL THINK WE KNOW JADE when we see it, but the word “Jade” actually refers to two very different stones that look very much alike. China’s historic jade is Nephrite, famous as the toughest stone on Earth and known for its rich resinous texture when polished.

Nephrite is the jade that B.C. has in abundance. Its chemical structure is completely different from jadeite, found primarily in Myanmar (Burma). Jadeite is beautiful, and rare, and even though it’s a relative newcomer in the Asian jade trade (the 1700s) it became China’s pre-eminent gemstone over the past two centuries, and that’s at the root of the confusion between the two stones. (The Chinese use the word “yu” to refer to both kinds of jade.) ....

Jade touches a deep vein in Chinese culture and belief, rooted in 5,000 years of history. “Jade,” says UBC archaeologist Zichuan Jing, “is associated with a certain type of power, individual power. Not only physical power but spiritual power. Sometimes we say jade has been treated as a bridge to immortality in the Chinese society.” It was the gemstone of royalty, with Chinese emperors supposedly speaking to the gods through holes in disks of jade. “One can put a price on gold,” goes a Chinese saying, “but jade is priceless.” Still, within B.C.’s $6-billion mining and exploration industry, the stone occupies such a tiny place that mining people scratch their heads and shrug when you mention it. Mention jade to the B.C. Mining Association and you draw a blank. That’s no surprise. After all, it generates barely $10 million in annual revenue, it has few if any industrial uses, it’s not a status benchmark like gold or diamonds in the West and known deposits of high-quality nephrite are scarce. It’s only the Chinese obsession with it, and the staggering growth of Chinese consumerism, that makes it worthy of attention. More Here : http://www.bcbusiness.ca/natural-resources/green-giants-jade-in-bc

Nephrite Jade in Canada

Nephrite is a variety of the calcium and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral actinolite (aggregates of which also make up one form of asbestos). The chemical formula for nephrite is Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)It is one of two different mineral species called jade. The other mineral species known as jade is jadeite, which is a variety of pyroxene. While nephrite jade possess mainly grays and greens (and occasionally yellows, browns or whites), jadeite jade, which is rarer, can also contain blacks, reds, pinks and violets. Nephrite jade is an ornamental stone, used in carvings, beads, or cabochon cut gemstones.

Nephrite can be found in a translucent white to very light yellow form which is known in China as mutton fat jade, in an opaque white to very light brown or gray which is known as chicken bone jade,as well as in a variety of green colours. Canada is the principal source of modern lapidary nephrite. Nephrite jade was used mostly in pre-1800 China as well as in New Zealand, the Pacific Coast and Atlantic Coasts of North America, Neolithic Europe, and southeast Asia. (Source:Jade Wiki)

Jade in British Columbia Canada

Jade was first identified in Canada by Chinese settlers in 1886 in British Columbia. At this time jade was considered worthless as they were searching for gold. Jade was not commercialized in Canada until the 1970s. Now Jade is on the rise.

Paydirt with Jade

One of the first Jade Pay dirt companies.