Burma Jadeite
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by Jahan on 14-06-2008
Jade has had a special place in the long and rich history of Chinese art and culture. In many respects, reverence for jade shown by the Chinese and other Asian cultures West rivals the obsession with gold and diamonds! Throughout Asia, jade is known as the jewel of royalty. It was used by kings and noble families, and even placed in their graves after their deaths. Jade was believed to be protected in the afterlife, and prevent their rotting corpses. Over time, the legend grew, and the jade came to be accepted as the real gem with magical powers. To really understand the emotions and feelings that Asians give this jewel, we must spending time in the jade market in Hong Kong, or the more upscale auction house Christie's jade that are organized from time to time. Ancient civilizations were attracted to the hardness and durability of jade, and used it to fashion crude tools, implements and weapons. It was later that jade was seen as an ornamental material that could be used for fashion jewelry, figures, and ships. When used in jewelry, jade is cut for cabochons and beads. Often used to make href = "http://www.azjewelrystore.com/"> silver pendants, earrings and necklaces. Outside the world of jewelry fashion, the artists use this material to carve perform intricate sculptures and figures. The clear, emerald-green stone is the most valued. Over the years, the variety of colors and patterns exhibited by this stone have become a popular gemstone with jewelry designers.
During the second half of the 19th century, mineralogists discovered that jade was not a mineral Unique! Since then, two minerals – Jadeite and jade has been recognized both as jade. Both calculations are quite difficult and take a good polish, so that the stones often found in green, red, white and pink, black, brown and violet. From the point of view of a chemical, jadeite is a metasilicate iron, calcium and magnesium. Other impurities are found in smaller quantities, making subtle changes to the characteristics of minerals. For example, the presence of iron or chromium gives a green jade. Although similar in appearance to the jadeite jade jadeite is very different. On the one hand, jade is harder and tougher than jadeite. The color green is the most common jade, although the mineral may occur in almost any color. Today, Canada is the largest producer of gem quality nephrite. A large deposit of jade is also being being exploited in southern Wyoming in the United States. Other producing countries jade from Burma, Central America, Brazil, Canada, Japan, India, Siberia, Finland and Tanzania.
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