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Nephrite Jade Tumble

$16.00 – $17.00

Beautiful high, grade green nephrite jade tumbles are so nurturing to hold. Jade means good fortune and good health.

Weight	40 g
Dimensions	40 × 30 × 25 mm
Colour	Green / Shamrock
Country Crystal Grew	Unknown
Country of Shaping	South Africa
Size	Medium, Small

Healing Properties

Healing Properties of Jade, Nephrite, Greenstone

Jade – Nephrite; Greenstone; Blue (from Africa), Dianite (from Russia)

Signifies wisdom gathered in tranquility, good luck & friendship. Brings harmony & nurture. Aids gentle emotional & mental release. Stabilizes & roots you connecting mind-heart-power-sensuality-security. Encourages you to be who you really are & to be resourceful. May aid elimination/filtration/nervous systems Green – Eases grief & heart wounds. Channels focus to be intuitive/constructive. Harmonizes dysfunctional relationships. Purple – Alleviates emotional hurt by aiding mind to find peace. Helps joy be spontaneous. Aids release self-limitations. White - Purity. Increases calm & serenity. Filters distractions emphasizing best results. Aids decision-making bring in relevant info. Black –Strengthens aura to prevent energy attachments/”vampires”. Clears fear, anger, hatred. Aids enlightening Shamanic journeys Blue (Dianite, Siberian blue) - A colour of truth and honesty, it increase emotional intelligence imparting thoughtful dialog and clarity of assigning words to our complex feelings. It helps in nurturing and developing successful relationships. Said to help in the treatment of kidneys, spleen, and in rebinding of the cellular and skeletal systems.

Geological Information

Geological Information of Jade

Term jade is applied to two different metamorphic rocks, Nephrite and Jadeite, that are made up of different silicate minerals.
Nephrite jade is a silicate of calcium and magnesium, and jadeite, a silicate of sodium and aluminium.

General Identification

Type: Mineral
Class: Silicates
Crystal System: Monoclinic

Jadeite

Mohs Hardness: 6.5 - 7
Formula: NaAlSi₂O₆ or Na(Al,Fe³⁺)Si₂O₆
Crystal Habit: Commonly massive, or fibrous, granular; prismatic crystals rare
Lustre / Diaphaneity: Translucent,Subvitreous, pearly on cleavages
Colour: Apple-green, emerald-green, bluish green, leek-green, greenish white, white, may show green spots, rarely blue or violet; colorless in thin section. Often also banded.

Nephrite

Mohs Hardness: 6-6.5
Formula: Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂
Crystal Habit: massive
Lustre / Diaphaneity: Translucent to opaque and often mottled, dull
Colour: Light to dark green, yellow to brown, white, gray, black.

Special Notes

New Zealand Greenstone Pounamu has one form that is currently considered a third type of jade.
- However some websites list as nephrite which I don't agree with as it has a glassy feel like jadeite.
- Hence why I think it should be a third classification.
- The other NZ forms are serpentine and bowenite.
China has ancient nephrite jade mines but the preferred "more valued" jade is jadeite from Burma.
Burmese Jadeite is now extremely hard to get commercially and even tourist buying locally have trouble exporting.
Nephrite Jade can be confused by with Serpentine or Bowenite as they may both grow in the same mine (as advised by an Australian miner of both). The distinction needs a microscope.
This has encourage deception by sellers and manufacturers:
- Jadeite is often "enhanced"
- Many "jades" are not e.g.New Jade and African Jade are not true jade - they are serpentine varieties.
- Many in Australia sell green aventurine as jade. And Australia's chrysoprase is now being sold as Australian Jade. Neither are jades.
- Also chalcedony is often dyed green and called jade.
- There are a lot of "fakes". Jade will feel waxy similar to calcite's feel. This website has spent some time finding them: http://molly.kalafut.org/jade/fake.html
Nephrite Jades are fairly easy to get depending on the colour.
More geological information.