Because of its interlocking crystalline structure, it's very very good for daily wear. Disclosure: Jadeite is tough, but it will break if hit really hard against something.
Maintenance and Care. Caring for a Natural Jade Bangle requires very little. The material itself is very tough and will resist to chips and breaks.
Jade, like other crystals, is delicate and, if not handled carefully, can shatter and break. The Mohs hardness value of the stone is 6 to 7, indicating that it is more durable than many other crystals.
You can repair your broken jade jewelry by using strong adhesive glue such as epoxy cement. There are other types of household cements that bond precious stones but a two-part epoxy made for gemstones and metal is better because it dries or cures clear and takes 24 hours to set.
Cracks can occur from handling the jade rough, the carving process, or after you receive it and it gets damaged. Clarifications lines mean the jade stone is natural. Usually the higher priced jadeite items don't have the clarification lines, and we discount the items that do have clarification lines.
Jade has a lot of the fine grains that are meshed together. When jade is struck the mesh prevents the formation of a crack. With other rocks a crack can often spread into a very long one, which makes them break.
Next to certain rare colors of diamond (such as blue, pink and red), jade is the world's most expensive gem, with prices far above even ruby and sapphire.
In some cultures, wearing jade is a big deal – and not always in a good way. For example, some Chinese people believe that wearing jade can bring bad luck to certain astrological signs, like those born in the Year of the Horse. Others believe that pregnant women shouldn't wear jade, as it can harm the baby.
Materials often mistaken for jade include chrysoprase, maw sit sit, serpentine, hydrogrossular garnet and aventurine. This is due to these gemstones boasting the same deep green colour that jade is most famous for, though each have subtle differences that allow you to identify their true nature.
Real jade has a very high density, which means it will feel heavier than you might expect based on its size. Toss and catch the stone several times to get a feel for its weight. If you can, compare it to a different stone so you can get an idea of how heavy the jade feels.
WEARING YOUR JADE MORE WILL CHANGE ITS COLOUR – FACT OR MYTH? There are many who believe that the more you wear Jade close to the body, it will either turn a richer colour or its colour will start to fade, due to good energy or negative vibrations. However, this is truly only just a myth!
Extensive exposure to water, especially hot water, can result in the loosening of your stone. We recommend you remove your jade jewelry before swimming, showering, etc.
Jadeite is a hard stone; it will scratch glass and most metals. If you use any of these substances to scratch the surface of pure jadeite, there should not be any scratches.
They check its level of transparency. They look for even coloration or a pleasing mottling of colors. They also look for fine polish and undistorted surface reflections. Clarity is important, too, because any fractures can strongly affect value.
Green Jade
Many of us think of the rich bottle green color when we think of jade, and this is not a coincidence. The more green jade is, the higher its value. The most expensive examples of jade are in so called Imperial Jade color, which is a rich and vibrant emerald green.
The most valuable jade color is known as “imperial jade” and occurs only in jadeite. Imperial jade is a green balanced between blue and yellow hues. The ideal tone is medium-dark, about 75%, where green hues are optimally saturated.
Jade can cost more than diamonds in certain areas when it is of higher quality like the Burmese Jade. Burmese Jade remains one of the highest quality variations of this gemstone known for its firmer, denser, and more lustrous shine.
A. No. Some highly translucent pieces may have a faint glow but a genuine piece of jadeite does not emit light in the dark or fluoresce under Ultraviolet (UV) light. A chemically bleached piece of jade can exude a pale blue-white glow under long-wave UV light.
Left: In natural light, the green band in the lower right section of the jadeite specimen is caused by natural chromium, while the other green spots are the result of a dye treatment. Right: Long-wave UV light shows a strong fluorescence from the dyed areas, with little to no fluorescence from the natural green area.
The term 'jade' is actually a catch-all term that encompasses two separate minerals: nephrite, which is more opaque and traditionally used for sculptural objects and ornaments; and jadeite, which is more translucent and can be polished to a high lustre, making it more suitable for jewellery.
Jade stones can be permanently damaged and devalued by hitting it into other hard items. Maintenance is key.
Jade plants like light, and need at least 4 – 6 hours of bright, indirect light per day. Some varieties tolerate stronger light better than others. But, any jade plant can be damaged by too much sun. And, like humans, jade plants too can suffer sunburn.
The mechanical properties related to the toughness of jade are measured for both jadeite and nephrite. Fracture surface energies are an order of magnitude greater than most com- mercial ceramics about 120,000 ergs/cm' for jadeite and 225,00O ergslcm' for nephrite.