These are the semi-precious Green Jade smooth and carved beads we currently have in stock.

Jade can form in a huge variety of colors - but the most familiar to most people is Green Jade. It can vary in tone from medium green to quite dark, blackish green - but our stock tends to be somewhere in the middle of that range. The term 'Jade' can refer to either one of two separate minerals: Jadeite or Nephrite, the Nephrite being the more common. In China, Jade has been used for carving for about 7000 years. Many of our component products will be listed as "BC Jade" - meaning that the Jade comes from deposits in British Colombia, Canada.