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Jadeite Jade Bangles from Burma |
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Jadeite Jade Bangles from Burma |
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Jadeite
Jade Bangles
(also known as Chinese Jade bangle bracelets)...
Click below to view bangles in different price ranges ~
...each one unique !!
...for our personal shoppers...
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
Click on
the pictures for a bigger and more accurate view ~
pictures will open in a new window ~ close new window to return here
The Inside Diameter in
inches is shown in
white
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to convert
to centimetres multiply by
2.54.
Please check that the size
is correct as we cannot accept returns for wrong sizes
All bangles have a flat inner surface
We
appreciate your feedback about our products ~ please take a moment
to let us know what you think in order that we can improve our service
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Jade Bangles B371 US$250 Tricolour Light Green Dark Green & Peach |
B372 US$220 Beautiful Dark Green |
B378 US$250 Nice Green Bangle |
B379 US$210 Icy Tricolour Light Green Lavender with Green Patch |
| ID: 2.2" | ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.15" | ID: 2.25" |
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Jade Bangles B380 US$250 Icy Two-Tone Lavender & Green |
B382 US$280 Unusual Green |
B385 US$230 Beautiful Green |
B387 US$250 Beautiful Two-Tone Green & Lavender |
| ID: 2.2" | ID: 2.2" | ID: 2.15" | ID: 2.2" |
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Jade Bangles B394 US$250 Beautiful Icy Green |
SOLD | E098 US$245 Nice light green with honey spot |
E083 US$250 Very nice subtle lavender |
| ID: 2.15" | ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.25" | ID: 2.3" |
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Jade
Bangles E001 US$250 Very nice teal green |
E004 US$250 Very nice teal green |
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E114 US$210 Nice slightly translucent |
| ID: 2.25" | ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.3" |
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| SOLD | E035 US$250 Very nice teal green |
E036 US$250 Very nice green |
E038 US$250 Beautiful apple green |
| ID: 2.4" | ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.25" | ID: 2.3" |
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E040 US$250 Beautiful apple green |
E072 US$210 Very shining dark green |
SOLD | E053 US$250 Very nice teal green |
| ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.3" |
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E087 US$250 Very nice blue lavender |
SOLD | E096 US$230 Very nice lavender and green |
E108 US$210 Nice slightly translucent |
| ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.3" | ID: 2.3" |
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| E117 US$210 Beautiful dark green |
B365 US$200 Green with Yellow Spot |
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| ID: 2.25" | ID: 2.1" |
Jade ~ Stone of heaven
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.
...with thanks to Richard W Hughes
Our jade bangles are all made from genuine jadeite jade