2021 series! "Pocket stones" 40-45 mm Jade from China.

Jade is the common name for two minerals used as gemstones: jadeite and nephrite. Fake jade also exists in the economic circuit. This one is worth less than real jade. The two can be distinguished from each other in that real jade changes color over a long period of time when it has been in contact with human skin for years. Jade has many different colors: green, brown, black or cloud white, from very light to very dark. Just like soapstone and chalcedony, jade has been cut and worked by the Chinese for thousands of years. Jade was originally used as a tool but came into fashion as a piece of jewelry during the Han Dynasty. The only place where nephrite is found in China is in Sinkiang around the city of Khotan. In Chinese culture, only worked jade is considered valuable. A lump of raw jade is therefore of less value. In the Sanzijing it is stated as a comparison with education: "If one does not polish jade, it is not a precious thing. If a man does not learn, his life has no meaning, because he does not know the norms, values ​​and respects of life. and thus will never become talented "(玉 的 琢 成 器 人 的 學 的知 義). Jade is considered a valuable stone that wards off evil forces. If you wear a piece of jade on your body for a long time, for example on a piece of red thread around your neck, you will see that the jade slowly changes color. During the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the medals were decorated with jade.