Jade Information

Natural Jade gems were discovered over 7000 years ago. Jade was very popular in ancient times for its toughness and was used for making tools and weapons.In China, jade is known as “Yu,” or the royal gem. Chinese carvers use jade for cult figures and for furnishings for important members of the imperial family.Natural Jade gemstones in China is considered as a highly precious stone and Jade gemstones from some ancient water ways are very expensive. Some of these jade stones look like tumbled stones with some light green to brown colours but are highly prized gemstones for jade carvings.Ancient Aztec and Mayan civilizations held the jade gemstone as one of the most important gemstones on earth as the colours are same as young maize or corn so lot of importance is recognized for this gemstone.