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   Pictured Left, Dushan Mountain Jade Carving   More info   on these turtles.

Each Jade Flower or Bone Carving is handcrafted by Expert Artists with many years of experience.
The Flowers are hand made from real Jade in China
They are Real Solid Nephrite Jade and of high quality stone.

The term "jade" and the Chinese term "yu" are often used to designate a variety of stones and glossy materials. Their use should, however, be limited to jadeite and nephrite. Nephrite belongs to the amphibole group of minerals and is a silicate of calcium and magnesium. Its crystalline structure has the appearance of hair-like fibers welded together to form a closely integrated mass, and it is this which gives it its strength. Nephrite ranks as 6.5 on the Moh scale of hardness. Nephrite has been worked in China since the Neolithic period.

   Jade from the Du Shan Mountian in Henan is very beautiful and is hard enough to scratch glass.
Much of the nephrite used in China comes from all over China, including Khotan and Yarkand and Guangdong.
   It comes in many colors also other than green. I have seen even blue colors, and bright lemon yellow but it is very rare. The translucent emerald green color is the most expensive and highly regarded. But white and brown and dark greens and greys are also common. especially now days since they find new deposits. I saw a geode in Henan that was carved of lavender jade that actually had water trapped inside from who knows when it was made. We will put some of the Du Shan Mountain jade for sale on the website for you to see.
   Some of the flower petals that have very bright colors, and being porous will accept a dye. these flowers have a clear coating to protect them so they do not loose this coloring.
   Many of our carvings are natural and no color added.
You must take care buying Jade. Some try to fool you in accepting high priced dyed jade. And pass it off as natural at a high price. Thus our prices are reflecting this. If you ask we will let you know if it is true color if we have that information.

Learn some history about Jade from The British Museum
Early Jade Carving is found in China in the north-east in the Xinglongwa (about 5000 BC) and Chahai cultures (about 4500 BC), which preceded the Hongshan (about 3800-2700 BC).

More on Jade
A French chemist, Augustine Damour, noted in 1863 that jade was two different minerals. She used the word "Jadeite" for Burmese jade to distinguish it from the Chinese jade "nephrite." The Chinese had know of the difference between the two since the early seventeen hundreds.

Jadeite and Nephrite are both comprised of tightly interlocking crystals, which is different from the single crystals that comprise most other gems.

Jadeite is a little bit harder and denser and can take more time to polish. It is comprised of crystals which tend to be somewhat more granular and coarse.

Nephrite is most common and typically found in olive or forest green. The oldest known sources come from China. It is slightly stronger since it's crystal components are more intergrown than Jadeite.

VARIETY INFORMATION:
VARIETY OF: both jadeite and nephrite
USES: Gemstone and ornamental stone.
COLOR: shades of emerald green as well as white, gray, yellow, orange and violet.
INDEX OF REFRACTION: is approximately 1.66 (jadeite) and 1.62 (nephrite)
HARDNESS: 6.5 - 7
CLEAVAGE: does not apply due to massive nature of jade
CRYSTAL SYSTEM: monoclinic

   The Bone Carving Factory Used To Carve Ivory. However, Since Elephants are now Protected,
They Had To Use Camel Bone Instead.
Because Camel Bone Is Nearly As Hard As Ivory, And It Has Similar Features As Ivory.
"We Don't Kill Any Camels To Get Their Bones!",
We Adopt the Bones only after the Camels Die Naturaly. We Guarantee only the very Best Quality To You.

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