AnnaGrace Jade

Our Burma jade pieces are all one-of-a-kind Type A premium collection items. Authentic jade is unique in each piece in crystalline mix which reflects degrees of translucency, in natural color combination and pattern. Therefore, there is no exact same piece to be duplicated for reproduction.  And we carry now only Burma Jade limited in quantity but superb in quality.

 

Jade Uniqueness

We market only 100% natural premium untreated jade (no extensive surface polish, no pressurized oil for surface luster, no acid enhancement, and no color dye via injection, bleaching etc.). Real jade is icy-cold, soapy-smooth to the touch, it gets warm once you wear it, solid with weights (due to higher density) on hand, contains natural vitreous luster and with vivid random color patterns mentioned instead of dull solid homogeneous color. ​See​ www.wikihow.com/Tell-if-Jade-Is-Real​​.



Some jade comes with fine natural stone streaks (visible or less visible) on surface. These are not cracks, chips or  scratches, just unique beautiful birthmarks. Some jade comes with smooth surface and some has slightly uneven surface due to surface fractures and pits. We carry only 100% natural stones with minimal surface polish and washing with beewax.



Good jade with good quality and craftsmanship is a true beauty that can stand the test of time.  It is world's sought-after item. When you wear such jade with good care in long age, the piece will become a beautiful high-worth estate. Good jade can be priceless and more expansive than diamonds and gold.  Its values increase by age and generations.



Jade Size & Type

Unlike pearls, there is no specific size range on jade. Each unique jade piece is crafted into different size and shape based upon the raw stone shape, color patterns, density and translucency of the natural jade.  The world's gemstone grading jade consists of mostly Nephrite and Jadeite.

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Nephrite, so called "Soft Jade", is a silicate of calcium and magnesium that belongs to the amphibole group of minerals, with proportion of minerals is in between 2.80 - 3.10, and Mohs hardness around 6 - 6.5. High purity and texture is produced in Hetian of Xinjiang. Throughout the ages, nephrite has been frequently employed as a working material commonly use in jade carving art. Nephrite found mostly in translucent (oily luster) snowy white, milky white, very light yellow form which is known in China as Mutton Fat Jade; in an opaque white to very light brown or gray which is known as Chicken Bone Jade. Some nephrite had bluish white, light or dark green and black colors, has long been depleted, was used mainly in pre-1700 A.D. China, as well as in New Zealand, the Pacific Coast and Atlantic Coasts of North America, Neolithic Europe, and Southeast Asia.

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Due to that significance and the rising middle class in China, today the finest jade when found in nuggets of “mutton fat” jade — so-named for its marbled white consistency — can fetch $3,000 / oz., a tenfold increase from a decade ago.

​Jadeite, so called "Hard Jade", is a sodium-and-aluminium-rich pyroxene with interlocking micro-crystalline matrix, has a Mohs hardness of about 6.5 to 7.0 and dense in between 3.25 to 3.35, with its bright emerald-green, pink, lavender-mauve, orange, red, brown & ink colors was imported from Burma to China since late 1700. Of the two, Jadeite is rarer, finer in quality and harder than Nephrite in density.  And Burma produces world's finest Jadeite, "Burma Jade". We also name the type, e.g. "Old Pit Jade" (aged stone, finer, very prized), "New Pit Jade" (less aged stone), "Glass Jade" (highly translucent with no flaws), "Ice Jade" (semi-translucent), "Flower Green", "Bean Green" etc.. Out of all the Burma Jade, the so called "Old Pit Glass Jade" is the most prized and rare in translucency, luster and emerald-green.

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