jadeite

Natural jadeite and diamond ring, 18K white gold inlay. Photo courtesy of liveauctioneers.com and Quan Rong Gallery.

Purple jade from Bursa Province, northwestern Turkey. Photo by James St. John. Licensed under CC By 2.0.

Cup, jadeite, Qing Dynasty (19th century), China, 2.5 cm x 4.4 cm. Bequest of Edmund C. Converse, 1921. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Public…

Jadeite bangles. Photo by Margarettico. Licensed under CC By-SA 4.0.

Jadeite table screen with landscape scene. Qing Dynasty (18th-19th centuries), China, 17.3 cm x 1.5 cm. Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902. Metropolitan…

Jadeite, Myanmar, “Imperial jade” (4.77). Photo © Joel E. Arem, PhD, FGA. Used with permission.

Jadeite crystals 2, 0.8 cm. Russian River, Mendocino Co. California, USA. © Rob Lavinsky, www.iRocks.com. Used with permission.

Jadeite crystals, 0.cm. Russian River, Mendocino Co. California, USA. © Rob Lavinsky, www.iRocks.com. Used with permission.

Jadeite: chloromelanite, Myanmar (~3 inches long). Photo © Joel E. Arem, PhD, FGA. Used with permission.