Description
Jade, Flower, Nephrite, Dyed, Smooth Round
This price is for one bead strand 15 to 16 inches long
6mm strands have 60 to 65 pieces
8mm strands have 43 to 48 pieces
10mm strands have 33 to 38 pieces
Nephrite jade is one of the two distinct mineral species officially recognized as "jade”, the other being the rarer jadeite. Nephrite is a calcium-magnesium-iron silicate in the tremolite-actinolite mineral series. The most common shade is green, but it also naturally occurs in black, brown, yellow, gray, and a highly prized buttery white known as "mutton-fat jade.”
True Flower Jade is exceptionally rare. It is found almost exclusively in the Marsden region, just outside of Greymouth on the wild West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand (Aotearoa). Because New Zealand greenstone (pounamu) is legally protected and culturally sacred to the Māori people, sourcing authentic Marsden Flower Jade is highly regulated and incredibly special
Flower Jade's gorgeous golden "flowers" are actually a result of iron oxidation. Over thousands of years, water seeping into microscopic fractures in the riverbeds carries minerals that rust inside the stone, creating a permanent, stunning bloom.
Hardness 6.5
These beads are dyed with the introduction of coloring agent into a gemstone to give it new color, intensify present color or improve color uniformity
These beads were cut, drilled and polished in China
