Jade bangles bracelets: Grade A jadeite jewelry

Please note that we do not trade in treated jade jewelry of any kind ~
our jadeite jade bangles are genuine untreated Grade 'A'

95% of the world's jadeite jade is mined in Myanmar ~
don't be misled by imitations!!

The bangles shown on these pages are in stock unless stated and
highlighted in yellow ~ the prices include air postage and packing.
Courier service is available for an extra US$25

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E303 US$155 Lovely green shades	E005 US$155 Nice shining shades of dark green	SOLD	E272 US$115 Pale green with honey spots
ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.2"	ID: 2.3"

E276 US$125 Lovely pale green	E277 US$125 Beautiful mixed colours	E006 US$155 Nice shining shades of dark green	E279 US$115 Lovely pale green with darker green speckles
ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.25"

E280 US$115 Subtle green	E283 US$125 Nice subtle green with honey patch	E284 US$125 Nice honey colour	E285 US$115 Nice subtle green
ID: 2.1"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.2"

E288 US$125 Multicolour	E292 US$125 Nice subtle green	E293 US$125 Mulicolour	E296 US$125 Nice green
ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.35"	ID: 2.2"	ID: 2.25"

E300 US$125 Nice speckled green	E301 US$115 Nice subtle green	E304 US$145 Nice honey colour	E306 US$115 Multicolour
ID: 2.2"	ID: 2.2"	ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.25"

E310 US125 Pale green with honey	E308 US$125 Nice teal green	E312 US$195 Nice dark green	E336 US$125 Nice green
ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.2"	ID: 2.2"	ID: 2.25"

E330 US$145 Nice honey colour	E337 US$125 Nice pale green	E338 US$145 Nice pale green with red spots	E340 US$145 Lovely shades of green
ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.2"	ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.1"

E343 US$125 Very Pale Grey	E344 US$125 Very Pale Grey	E347 US$185 Nice pale green	E121 US$160 Shades of green
ID: 2.5"	ID: 2.5"	ID: 3.1"	ID: 2.25"

E029 US$190 Nice shining shades of dark green	E016 US$175 Nice shining shades of dark green	E045 US$180 Nice shining shades of subtle lavender and green	E020 US$175 Nice shining shades of green
ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.3"

E086 US$190 Teal green	E042 US$155 Nice shining shades of dark green	E058 US$120 Multicolour	E055 US$120 Subtle lavender with green
ID: 2.25"	ID:2.3"	ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.25"

SOLD	E064 US$155 Slightly translucent shades of dark green	E084 US$180 Lavender with speckled honey	E077 US$130 Subtle shades of lavender and green
ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.3"

E081 US$180 Subtle shades of green and lavender	E082 US$175 Nice shining green	E094 US$155 Nice dark green	E095 US$180 Nice teal green
ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.25"

SOLD	E090 US$130 Nice subtle green with small honey spots	E119 US$175 Nice unusual green	E118 US$160 Shades of green
ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.2"

E101 US$155 Very nice shining dark green	E080 US$150 Nice subtle green	E107 US$155 Very nice shining dark green	E113 US$170 Shades of green
ID: 2.3"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.25"	ID: 2.3"

Jade Bangles E115 US$150 Translucent subtle greens
ID: 2.25"

In humanity's entire recorded history, there has never existed a more intimate relationship between a people and a stone than that between the Chinese and jade. To the people of the Middle Kingdom, jade was not simply hardened earth but, instead, crystallized magic - a tiny piece of heaven bequeathed by the gods to those of us destined to suffer here on earth. It was literally the link between heaven and earth, the bridge that allowed mortals to cross over into immortality.

For people of the Middle Kingdom, the green stone was valued beyond all else. Gold and precious stones might capture interest in the rest of the world, but in China they were simply also-rans. In Chinese athletic competitions ivory was given for third place and gold for second. Jade was reserved solely for the winners including high officials in the imperial court because as the saying went: "Gold has a price--but jade is priceless."

Within jade's verdant interior the Chinese saw all that is good with humanity - virtue, purity, justice, humanity, and more. But while jade itself might be priceless many are willing to extract coin for the honor of holding it in one's hand or wearing the green stone on a finger or ear. In fact the search itself has its price.

When one looks at the meaning of the word "jade" in Chinese then it is here that one can see the beginnings of just how important jade is to the Chinese culture. The word for jade in the Mandarin Chinese language is "Yu". The Chinese character for jade resembles a capital "I" with a line across the middle, the top representing the heavens, the bottom the earth, and the centre section, mankind". In Chinese, the word Yu is used to call something precious just as in English one may use gold or silver.

So what exactly is jade? In the Orient just about anything translucent and green has been called jade at one time or another. But the Occidental psyche with its propensity to pigeon-hole does not sit well with such indifference to definition. Just how does one classify a piece of heaven? If you are Chinese, you don't even bother trying, which was why it was left for the intruders from the West to finally cross all the t's and dot the i's of this most arcane of gem substances.

In 1863, a French mineralogist, Alexis Damour, analyzed the bright green stones from Burma. Finding them different from ordinary Chinese jade (nephrite) he named the "new" jade, jadeite. Today gemologists apply the term jade only to nephrite and jadeite.

Jadeite Jade Bangles from Burma ~ US$100 to US$200

Jadeite Jade Bangles from Burma
~ US$100 to US$200