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Peace, tranquility and deep wisdom are just some of the attributes of Jade, "The Stone of Wisdom and Prosperity". Jade carved into a butterfly is thought to attract love. A wise Chinese person would never make an important decision unless they were holding a piece of genuine jade or 'Zhen yu'. Harder than steel Jade is an extremely tough gemstone and in prehistoric times it was used for tool and weapon making, in ancient China and amongst the Mayas and Aztecs of Central America it was more valuable than gold, it is a symbol of all that is good and precious and has been so for thousands of years.
Jade is a metamorphic rock, of dense close grained matted aggregates formed by heat and pressure and there are actually two types. 'Nephrite' is made up of hydrated silicate of calcium, magnesium and iron with a specific density of 2.90 to 3.02, a refraction index of between 1.60-63 and 1.62-65 and hardness on the Mohs scale of 6.5, it comes in various shades of green, but also in white, yellow or red. 'Jadeite' which is stronger and rarer and therefore more valuable, is sodium, aluminum silicate, with a specific gravity of 3.30 to 3.36, refraction is 1.645-1.667 and hardness is 7.(Steel incidentally is 6.5 and diamonds 10). Jadeite can be found in green, white, pink, red, black, brown and violet. Each color has its own attributes. Red defuses tense situations. Yellow and orange bring inner peace. Green is the color of healing, gives hope, is calming and can bring about romance. Blue helps one meditate. Black is a defense against negative situations. Brown connects to the earth. White and cream can boost energy.
The birthstone for March, Jade got its name from the Spanish 'piedra de jada', the loin stone, as it is believed to be effective in helping cure problems with the kidneys. It is said to be more valuable than gold for gold can be evaluated, whereas Jade, 'The stone of Heaven', is priceless. The finest Jadeite comes from Myanmar while Nephrite is found in China, Guatemala, New Zealand and Canada.
Thought to be a good investment sales of Jade have risen sharply in recent times with antiquities fetching ever higher prices. Production in Myanmar in the first four months of this year almost matched the whole of last year. The largest stone ever was recorded in 2000 in Phakant in the northernmost province of Kachin, weighing in at three thousand tons and measuring approximately twenty one meters by five meters by ten meters high. More recently a raw jade stone weighing 115 tons was reportedly discovered in the same place.
The myths and stories surrounding jade only serve to make it more mysterious and more valuable. Wearing an ornament of jade will give you a fascinating life, a safe journey and a peaceful death, fortunes have been squandered, cities gambled and poor Bian He lost his legs, but that is for the next article....
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Jade Industry: There Is The Explosive Return Of Industry
Under the tidal wave luxury precious jade
Jade is a kind of jadeite (jadeite jade and nephrite are usually divided into two), from a geological point of view, based on jade as the main mineral composition of jadeite and contains other minerals pyroxene class collection of color-causing elements in order to chromium ions in jadeite rock, which consists of three major chemical composition (SiO2 accounted for 59.22%, Al2O3 accounting for 25.33%, Na2O accounting for 15.34%), hardness 6.5-7, specific gravity of about 3.33, refractive index 1.66. Broadly speaking, Jade is a commercial value, gem-quality jadeite rock to reach the business name suggests, is a variety of colors general term for gem-quality jadeite rock.
Emerald system, one of the world famous seven stones, known as the "Oriental treasures."
Jade as a unique luxury, in recent years was the outbreak of the price rise. Jade prices rose nearly 50 years, 1,000 times, the Chinese jade products, the price premium is in the 20th century and early 80's to 1997, nearly two decades increased by almost 3000-fold increase in the speed of the non-diamond can be compared. Jade continued between 2000-2004, an average 30-50% price increase, while from the end of 2005 to mid-2006 is only six months, domestic prices rose another Jade 50%.
The luxury goods consumption in the context of the unique nature of preferences and Jade is Jade the root causes of rising prices. With the sustained and rapid development of China's economy in 2006, China's nominal GDP reached 21 trillion yuan, compared with 2000 has achieved double the per capita GDP more than 2000 U.S. dollars by 2020, according to quadruple GDP of velocity estimation, when the per capita GDP will reach 3,000 U.S. dollars level. While in 2006 China's urban per capita disposable income of about 1500 U.S. dollars, some developed regions and urban per capita disposable income as early as 2005, had more than 1500 U.S. dollars, or even 2000 U.S. dollars.
According to the experience of developed countries, per capita disposable income in 2000-3000 U.S. dollars is the jewelry industry, during the period of great development. China's per capita income levels increase will undoubtedly stimulate the luxury of jade and other consumer demand. Since the land in recent years, stocks and other explosive growth in wealth, but also increased the portion of the people of the impulse consumption. According to statistics, China has become the third largest luxury goods consumer groups, accounting for 12% of global sales.
The scarcity of jade and jade ancient Chinese cultural traditions, making it a unique and wide range of luxury by the Chinese chase. With a high degree of scarcity of jade, jade jade rare for a non-renewable mineral resources.
It is worth mentioning that the world is to achieve levels of jade jewelry is only produced in Myanmar and other areas PHARKANT (currently the world's jade found in the original stone and finished more than 95% are from Myanmar). With the use of modern mining machinery, mineral Jade increasingly scarce, high-grade jade is even more valuable, its collection of price and value-added space for the majority of investors gradually recognized.
At the same time, the Chinese nation has a cultural history of seven thousand jade, jade is the pinnacle of traditional Chinese jade culture since the late Ming and begun to enter China, because of its mysterious, rare and luxury features, gradually being kings and nobles and other high society respected , and with the combination of the social value of culture and artistic life. A strong cultural heritage of the Emerald inspire enthusiasm.
Taking into account the growing scarcity of raw materials brought Jade insufficient supply and growing demand for the status quo (including the collection, investment, appreciation), the next emerald prices of raw materials and finished products will continue to maintain more than 30% growth rate.
From the emerald industry value chain, not difficult to discover, from the emerald wool to the final retail side sells about 20 times to achieve value-added, the industry is huge room for its appreciation, but in order to identify emerald wool material and emerald cut into retail sales next two links for the most . It should be said that the former there is a certain risk, the original uncut jade stones are usually available direct sales to a stable income, while the cut for the next ingredients may be worth double (that is, to achieve more than 10 times the value-added), but may also be significantly devalued, therefore, if the the need to obtain the proceeds superb ability to identify the original stones.
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[831] Carving a Niche : Gifted sculptor Matthew Glasby finds joy in jade. - Monterey County Weekly
From Pacific Grove native Matthew Glasby’s steady hands come precise and undulating curves of jade, cut thin as ribbon, allowing light to seep through the sculpture. When he’s done with a piece, it might be a tangle of geometric impossibility, an elegant shape of a foreign – but somehow familiar – face, or a raven, seahorse or fish. Whatever each might be, Glasby gives it a new agenda for beauty ...
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