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Blue Jade
In China blue jade was considered a symbol of the Heavens. In a literal sense, comparing blue jade to the Heavens is an accurate description because humans relate the blue sky to an idea of heaven. Due to the glow of blue jade the stone appears ethereal, which suggests a heavenly quality in the stone. ...Read More
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Red Jade
Red jade is the most passionate and stimulating of the various jade colors. It is constructively associated with love and releasing negative energy. In addition to carrying the same generic properties to jade, it accesses anger, releasing tension so that it can be harnessed creatively and can enhance assertion in timid people. However, it is...Read More
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Chinese Jade
Jade has been revered in China for thousands of years. Chinese jade is any jade object produced in China. Jade objects have been recovered by Archaeologists that date as far back as the Neolithic period (as early as 5000 BC). Jade can be found among the very foundations of the Chinese culture and is known as...Read More
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Jade Color
What does jade’s color represent? Jade Colors and Meanings What gives jade its color? Green Jade White Jade Yellow Jade Red Jade Black Jade Blue Jade Fire Jade Vulcan Jade When people think of jade they usually visualize a beautiful translucent to opaque green stone. Jade color can actually vary in its hues of ranging from; pale to forest green, amazing shades of reds, oranges and yellows,...Read More
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What is Jade?
“In ancient times,” said Confucius, “men found the likeness of all excellent qualities in jade. Soft, smooth, and glossy, it appeared to them like benevolence; fine, compact and strong – like intelligence; angular, but not sharp and cutting – like righteousness.” What is Jade? Jade is a stone of immense beauty and of many uses. It is...Read More