Jade Beads – Making Jewelry with the Lucky Stone

In the long history of the art and culture of the enormous Chinese empire, jade has always had a very special significance, roughly comparable with that of gold and diamonds in the West. China have already used jade for 7,000 years and researched jade for 2,500 years, so China won the good reputation -”Jade Country”.

China is the major jade-producing country in the world with not only long history of mining but also wide area and rich content. There are more than two hundred places of jade production in China. Jade is more hard than general stone, so people use it to process stone products. It has unique color and luster, transparent and crystal, hard to resist, so people use it on the decorations gradually. Some people found that jade contains a variety of trace elements which are beneficial to health, such as zinc, magnesium, iron, copper, chromium, manganese, cobalt and so on. These trace elements can be absorbed by skin when people wear jade that the physiological function can work more efficaciously.

Today, the style, design, decoration, originality, and workmanship of jade jewelry have made a great advancement. The main types of jade jewelry are pendant, ring, bangle, necklace, earrings and so on. You can find all of these from CathayGems even choose loose jade strand to create your own style jade necklace or bracelet.

In addition, jade jewelry as a gift, keepsake, mascots, etc. are widely used in daily life and various occasions. It is the best gift to express love, affection, good wishes, and praying for peace between relatives and friends.

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