This beautiful white jade flower necklace features a handmade pendant carved from white jade, in the shape of an exotic flower, suspended on a hand braided silk chord. Nothing is quite as beautiful as white jade, and this is an great example of more stunning Chinese jade jewelry from the Far East! White Jade is a Nephrite Jade made of a mineral called actinolite, which mainly consists of calcium, magnesium and iron that ranges in color from the White you are seeking to dark green – The translucent white to very light yellow form is known as “mutton fat jade” – An opaque white to very light brown or gray is called “chicken bone jade” – “Tomb or Grave Jade” refer to ancient burial pieces given a surface treatment resulting in a brown or chalky White texture. There is a White Jade River, Yurungkash, in China where it has been found, as well as various quarry sites around the world, with Canada being one of the major sources for modern lapidary Nephrite Jade. |