Jade Gemstone Beads, Pendants and Cabochons

Premium quality wholesale Jade gemstone beads, pendants and cabochons for jewelry making and designing. Carefully selected gemstones help you create outstanding necklaces, bracelets and earrings. The term Jade actually represents two different rocks, Nephrite and Jadeite. While Nephrite can be a variety of shades of green as well as creamy white, Jadeite, which is rarer than Nephrite, can be blue, lavender-mauve, pink, and emerald-green. Designers have long appreciated the beauty of Jade for making jewelry. Some varieties of serpentine are also called Jade. On this site we make the distinction between the two. The Chinese used Jade for carving beads, buttons, axe heads and other weapons and the stone was also traditionally used by the Koreans. Jade comes from Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, New Zealand, Taiwan and the U.S.A. The Portuguese called Jade the gemstone of the loins and it is still purported to help protect the kidneys, heart, larynx, liver, spleen, thymus and thyroid. Jade is known as a symbol of love and virtue and is said to strengthen the body and increase longevity

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