Jade Color

Green jade is the most sought after color other variants are lavender white and black. But asking what color is jade?

The answer is difficult because jadeite jade comes in almost all imaginable colors just see the page header picture to give a rough idea currently 30 variants of common Jade Colors are identified and about 100 more are defined by Chinese. But it always starts with raw jade found as boulders rocks pebbles and whatever.

A good question is "what color is jade" since it comes in many such as green white lavender black red-purple and many blends. Other colors come with different mixtures and amounts of the above indicated. Very usual is the appearance of veins (e.g. white in green).

There are many jade and jadeite colors used to create jewelry today such as green and lavender, interesting currently is ice jadeite (translucent) red, yellow, white, black, grey and more. Here are some of the most popular colors of jade stones these colors dominate the jade market it won't matter if it's the rough stone or the final product such as jewelry ornaments sculptures or fine Buddha or Hindu statues made from Black Jade Stone White Lavender or Green Imperial Jade.

Jade Colors

Jadeite bracelets with red colors in a high end jade shop. Most sought after is green and white jade plus lavender and black where traces of chromium make the color in the green version just see the bracelet below. Often green jade is paired with diamonds to get some sparkling into the item because jade hues alone are rather dull.

Jade horse colors.

See some of the other jadeite variants at the picture at the right side which include red an brown colors.

This beautiful bracelets above comes for about $ 5,- in volume fob. Keep in mind that this is a genuine jadeite jade gemstone. In the EU / US for that price, they won't sell this for that amount even in plastic. Dresses accessories shoes and more in matching jade colors

Chinese jade color office home decoration.

White jade is second sought after which is free of impurities. Next is red containing traces of iron and black has chromium and iron as hue. Lavender is bought by young women similar to purple jadeite which contains chromium plus iron and cobalt. All these trace elements came into the jade stone when still forming deep in the earth.

Actually, some Chinese connoisseurs identify jade with about 120 gemstone colors most bangles and pendants have a rich spectrum.

A jade carving with a blend of green and white color

The most popular are green with plenty of variants and combinations with other colors. For jewelry usually is a kind of green lavender white and in between white is popular for sculptures of Buddha. Landscapes plus animals such as horses elephant chicken and other are used as decoration.

Buying Jade.

When buying jadeite jade in a physical shop for over about $ 500,- consult a proven expert since there is hardly any other material which is so shameless manipulated e.g. it is very common that the sell treated white marble as jade. When telling it's a fake they insist no it's market conform the worst liars are in Thailand, they fake copy and manipulate anything. In general, never buy anything in Thailand besides of some clothing since all is made very sloppy and with cheating in mind.

White is free from impurities and red contains traces of iron and reen with traces of chromium, yellow contains tantalum. Purple jadeite contains chromium iron and cobalt.

Here is raw jade with natural colors

colors of rough jade pictured in Bogyoke Market Yangon Myanmar (Burma)

Other colors come with different mixtures and amounts of the above indicated. For a quick idea just look at the picture above which is composed with plenty of different bracelets.

Jade colors and silver jewelry mounted.

This wide spectrum makes it easy to find the right piece fitting best to any dress and shoes. Since the lower quality material is not expensive it also functions as fashion decoration.

Among the most sought after jade jewelry is pretty lavender jade plus jadeite with white and brown color items for sale but the ultimate jade color is green as shown in carved jade bangles.

Here are some green color bangles with a pretty luster surface and a uniform color, this kind is also called imperial jade. Actually, for top notch, it should be a bit more transparent but that versions are hard to find, but the prices here are still around $ 2000,- - 3000,-. Jadeite is quite valuable. But have it tested before you hand over money there are far too many fakes around. This is especially anywhere in the east.

The picture shows some multicolored bracelets and indicates a bit the spectrum in which jadeite items are available. This picture is from Bogyoke Market in Yangon, Myanmar the premier high-end source for jewelry made from the stone.

What color is jade finally?

First, it needs to understand that there two versions one is jadeite (high end) and the other is nephrite which is commonly known as "Chinese Jade" which has a very limited color spectrum. All top notch jewelry today is made from jadeite which has a whole dimension more hues available a better texture and many other advanced features. Whatever people think about jadeite is best.

I would say after doing some research, especially at the Bogyoke Market in Yangon, Myanmar almost all variants of the rainbow spectrum can be found but currently (2019) most sought after is green jadeite jade.

Colors of Raw Jadeite Jade

The Gemstones come with an almost infinite number of colors.

Among them are green white and lavender jade from Myanmar (Burma), the country is also famous for golden pagodas red rubies blue sapphires and other precious stones. For long time most of the stone came from China as "Chinese Jade" which is actually nephrite but the mines got exhausted.

Now people buy white jadeite from Myanmar and nephrite from Canada & Australia in China among other the final products such as jade jewelry statues ornaments and other objects Although Chinese were the first to mine the stones on larger scale from about 6.000 BC., they were not the only one since there are archaeological traces even as far as Switzerland and other places because of the strength and durability of the material.

To make it clear there haven’t been much genuine “Chinese Jade” anyway because it always came from Turkestan then and Myanmar (Burma) and Canada now. The picture right side show a workshop in Mandalay where they create white marble Buddha Statues. Around the Mahamuni Temple are countless small shops creating arts and crafts. Mandalay is a gemstone center in upper Myanmar where most local jadeite jade is handled the other is exported to China, legal and illegal.

As with other minerals the source where is comes from plays a crucial role here we talk about jadeite jade from Myanmar (Burma), which is the top quality, and nephrite which is commonly known as “Chinese Jade”. It is found as “River Jade” and from the mine.

What are the highest prized colors? The top is “Imperial Green Jade”, there is also “Lavender Jade” mainly from Myanmar. Since it is difficult to find a uniformly flat one color the cleaner and more translucent a piece is the higher the price is. Until today white jade is often used to create Buddha Statues and Hindu deities.In terms of hardness the material is not far off from diamonds and rubies which means it is very difficult to handle and actually only became more easy about 200 years ago when the necessary technical equipment were invented.

Chinese people were able to work with jade stones already about 6000 years ago as evidence from tombs shows. One of the bigger problems today is to get cheated because Chinese find continuously new way to manipulate the stone and find fake material they had long enough time to figure it out. They do in in a very coveted way so it is difficult for a non-expert to find that out. The methods are the usual one bleaching in chemical solutions heat-treatment and surface repair since even the jadestone is of the hardest material in the universe impurities and cracks are many,

What is Black Jade used for? It has a macho image and it is difficult to find a real uniform totally dark rock, most have impurities of other colors mainly very dark green. The black mineral is commonly found in Aceh Province Indonesia and was a long hidden source in Myanmar.

Actually until a few years ago this supply was practically not existing but the economic opening up of Burma made it visible.

Most jewelry made from jade are bracelets for women and pendants plus rings for men when the material is real clean it looks like black diamonds and also has quite similar properties in handling because it is almost as hard. Magnificent carved pendants are made of Chinese warriors, dragons and mythical birds. The black type has masculine image and best are pendants, women prefer bracelets and bangles.

Above is some raw black jade mined in Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma) and on sale in the Bogyoke Aung San Market in Yangon, a real fascinating gemstone indeed. A different color of the stone of heaven which became a more mystical stone why is that so? When the gemstone was built inside the earth a high amount of graphite and iron oxide penetrated the material which makes it black, today the hue symbolizes strength and protection.

This version of jade is found all over the world but the best saturated black is found in Myanmar’s Kachin State. Actually people interpret all kind of additional properties into it.

Where the various jade color hues come from? The emerald alike green jade color comes from chromium diffusion during the formation process and is the high end variant. Jade value can easily match other precious stones such as rubies sapphires and even diamonds which makes green jade during the creation process.

At current times the sought after material is jadeite from Burma, this is a very fine material and there is nothing better that's the reason why this business is booming and the northern neighbors (China) are on the buy side. It's a fine material in particular with the right texture varying from glass like called translucency to fat grease like structure, shape and transparent opaque used for jewelry and sculptures such as Buddha.Top prices always paid for green imperial jade, because that's the right color with some tensions since they directly correlate to money when selling. There is emerald, olivine and plenty of other mostly all this is jadeite, a lesser quality is nephrite. There is talk about to relate this to culture in the Chinese world since the stone has a high value and within money driven Chinese culture it stands automatically for it somehow but this gemstones of top quality almost always is Burmese jadeite. Most buyer want green imperial jade for a top price it should have a rich semi transparent appearance the more the higher the valu, just have a look at this bangles and rings.

Jade Jewelry.

It can be worked into beautiful pieces of jewelry such as earrings, pendants, necklaces, bracelets and artistic statues and other objects. To make the jewels even more attractive carvings are made, they use a driller for that.

Sometimes some white gold or silver is worked around the actual stone to allow the return of the light back into the mineral which increases reflection and makes it more shiny and transparent. In Myanmar produced jewelry is usually pure no metals around.

This artworks are very decorative and a sure positive eye catcher in any home or office.

A difficult part of the creation is to bring the right hue in a proper position, since this is one stone it needs some thinking to handle this.

What is Jadeite jade? Buyers have certain preferences, at the third position is that beautiful shade and is also reflected in the price range. Usually it’s white jade with lavender veins. Since most fine material comes from Myanmar / Burma beautiful objects for sale such as statues, bangles, pendants and other can be seen on a larger scale at the Bogyoke Market in Yangon, the premier shopping for minerals.

China is the Navel of the Jadeworld.

China is “the Navel of the Jadeworld” and dealers there have defined about 120 hue's of the “Stone of Heaven” and only they really know them since some even bring "a morning shade" into it and other an "afternoon glow" plus more.

At the Bogyoke Bazaar in Yangon Myanmar also known as Burmese Jade many creative works is on display in the past designs were very conservative which is changing rapidly into trendy jewelry designs. Today natural items are demanded, the main buyer are Chinese women over 40 who have some money to spend younger ladies usually buy lower priced items. But demand is growing rapidly over the whole spectrum which brings in crooks who try to make quick money with fake and manipulated items.

The manipulated items are almost exclusively made by Chinese who put below average quality pieces into acid and get resins under high pressure into the stone to fill cracks . They look good when sold but after around 3 years they are just rubbish. This makes it important to understand at least a bit how to identify quality, first rule is take a magnifying lens and torch light with this basic tools plenty of fake items already can be identified if it’s natural authentic or not.

Highly polished lavender jade with intense colors and a good value of translucency is highly priced. This type of jade stone is also often used for bigger items such as a Jade Buddha Sculpture since the prices are still in a manageable region which can’t be done with imperial jade or other top green since the prices will be simply too high. That's one of the reasons why Buddha statues from over about 40 cm height are mostly done in white and lavender.

The best place to have a look for jewelry, statues, sculptures is here. This oriental bazaar in Yangon is a amazing trading place, ave a look at the pictures to give you a good idea what is available.

It is easy to find the right shade to match skin tones plus clothing you wear, another idea could be to go with the season, means winter cooler tones summer warmer. Have a quick look at your wardrobe, it’s easy to figure out which color you prefer and since jade colors are over the whole spectrum the right match is not far away. Unfortunately most people only want green since this is the most popular but there are beautiful other colors. Certain impurities penetrated the stones millions of years ago when the earth was still formed under immerse heat and pressure, chromium traces make the best imperial green.

Since it is not very easy to find these colors in all qualities go online and search around. If it once coincidently happens that you are on a tour in Asia or live there do a stopover in Myanmar, Yangon is the center of gravity in the world for it including rubies, lapiz-lazuli, sapphires, amber and other precious stones, great deals could be made in Yangon.

The result is, almost every color is available, blue is mainly found in today Guatemala and Honduras, all other top quality stones always come from upper Burma or northern Myanmar. Actually it is mined worldwide, but most found is the lower grade form which is nephrite, in Myanmar jadeite is mined, that’s the “good stuff” in the stone. This mineral is always related to China and when their deposits got exhausted they were searching for other supply, northern Burma started to deliver, these deposits were known to them since hundreds of years because in a short period in history this was Chinese territory.

In general, when buying ask the seller to go with you outside the shop into normal light, the lights in the shops don't show the real color, this is also very relevant in any high end jewelry shop, they have special lighting which let the items look much better than in normal daylight. E.g. there are a couple of great shops in Singapore and elsewhere with this sophisticated lighting.

About the OLMEC jade culture.

Various culture and ancient civilizations among them the Olmecs are known for their works of masonry or or amber textile metallurgy pottery & ceramics the Olmecs of central America were a typical jade culture but their jade art was mainly made using blue jade the Chinese used green gemstones and all other jade colors came into the pipe when Burmese jadeite jade became mainstream . Olmecs jade stones where used for ornamentations masks and smell small sculptures and figurines etc.

Why the stone of Heaven Myths?

A rock of immortality and sometimes living stone which comes because the longer it is worn on the body the more the color changes which simply is a result of sweat and other circumstances around the skin but superstition is always with us and probable the highest level of it is with Chinese. So what about a great lavender Buddha? Usually people relate it to green but dictionaries of more than hundred definitions of green are circulating, this sounds like green nature and snow, certain vegetable, the sky, the sea and so on.

Marvelous artwork just out of a green rock of jade into decorative products. This stone cultures have been recorded over several thousands of years. One of the main selling point is the idea of prosperity, good luck, healing and long life plus natural and stylish.

They believe that when wearing the green stone it will protected a person from evil. It is also known for healing properties; Actually all kind of positive ideas had been interpreted into the stones including carved figurines for Feng Shui purposes.

Singapore is a great place to go jade shopping for jewelry and artwork but it just became too expensive in recent years although Chiense people farewell known for their immense greed just likeThai People which are a Chinese tribe of Yunnan. They just buy all interesting high priced raw material such as lavender jade objects may be do some additional add on such as carvings and sell it for 10 times the prices sometimes it is not nice to experience this stuff but on the other hand the Singapore government which finally owns most buildings & real estate milks the citizens exponentially. That is actually not only for lavender jade and other gemstones that is Chinese predatory capitalism and that reached an awful level already. On the other hand there are plenty of pretty things to buy from all parts of the world especially lavender & gold jewelry is you are after this sophisticated bling-bling and have some additional money to spend thats probably the right place to travel, but now in covid times they shut down everything they dont even allow aircrafts land anymore. The Chinese virus issued in Beijing brings the world to a standstill. I still wonder why they did that because that was not a simple accident.

Raw jade colors among the most beautiful are Lavender jade colors which are mostly a blend of various shades.

Colors of Jadeite Jade

Among them are green white and lavender jade from Myanmar (Burma), the country is also famous for golden pagodas, red rubies, blue sapphires and other precious stones. For long time most of them came from China as "Chinese Jade" which is actually nephrite but the mines got exhausted.

Now people buy white jadeite from Myanmar and nephrite from Canada China among other make the final products such as jewelry, statues, ornaments and other objects.

Although Chinese were the first to mine the stones on larger scale from about 6.000 BC., they were not the only one since there are archaeological traces even as far as Switzerland and other places because of the strength of the material.

To make it clear there haven’t been much genuine “Chinese Jade” anyway because it always came from Turkestan then and Myanmar (Burma) and Canada now. The picture right side show a workshop in Mandalay where they create white marble Buddha Statues. Around the Mahamuni Temple are countless small shops creating arts and crafts. Mandalay is a gemstone center in upper Myanmar where most local jadeite jade is handled the other is exported to China, legal and illegal.

As with other minerals the source where is comes from plays a crucial role here we talk about jadeite jade from Myanmar (Burma), which is the top quality, and nephrite which is commonly known as “Chinese Jade”. It is found as “River Jade” and from the mine.

What are the highest prized colors? The top is “Imperial Green”, there is also “Lavender Jade” mainly from Myanmar. Since it is difficult to find a uniformly flat one color the cleaner and more translucent a piece is the higher the price is. Until today white jade is often used to create Buddha Statues and Hindu deities.In terms of hardness the material is not far off from diamonds and rubies which means it is very difficult to handle and actually only became more easy about 200 years ago when the necessary technical equipment were invented.

Chinese people were able to work with jade stones already about 6000 years ago as evidence from tombs shows. One of the bigger problems today is to get cheated because Chinese find continuously new way to manipulate the stone and find fake material they had long enough time to figure it out. They do in in a very coveted way so it is difficult for a non-expert to find that out. The methods are the usual one, bleaching in chemical solutions, heat-treatment and surface repair.

What is Black Jade used for? It has a macho image and it is difficult to find a real uniform totally dark rock, most have impurities of other colors mainly very dark green. The black mineral is commonly found in Aceh Province Indonesia and was a long hidden source in Myanmar.

Actually until a few years ago this supply was practically not existing but the economic opening up of Burma made it visible.

Most jewelry made from are bracelets for women and pendants and rings for men when the material is real clean it looks like black diamonds and also has quite similar properties in handling because it is almost as hard. Magnificent carved pendants are made of Chinese warriors, dragons and mythical birds. The black type has masculine image and best are pendants, women prefer bracelets and bangles.

Above is some raw black jade mined in Kachin State in Myanmar (Burma) and on sale in the Bogyoke Aung San Market in Yangon, a real fascinating gemstone indeed. A different color of the stone of heaven which became a more mystical stone why is that so? When the gemstone was built inside the earth a high amount of graphite and iron oxide penetrated the material which makes it black, today the hue symbolizes strength and protection.

This version of jade is found all over the world but the best saturated black is found in Myanmar’s Kachin State. Actually people interpret all kind of additional properties into it.

Where the hues come from? The emerald alike green jade color comes from chromium diffusion during the formation process and is the high end variant. Value can easily match other precious stones such as rubies, sapphires and even diamonds. which makes green jade during the creation process.

At current times the sought after material is jadeite from Burma, this is a very fine material and there is nothing better that's the reason why this business is booming and the northern neighbors (China) are on the buy side. It's a fine material in particular with the right texture varying from glass like called translucency to fat grease like structure, shape and transparent opaque used for jewelry and sculptures such as Buddha.Top prices always paid for green imperial jade, because that's the right color with some tensions since they directly correlate to money when selling. There is emerald, olivine and plenty of other mostly all this is jadeite, a lesser quality is nephrite. There is talk about to relate this to culture in the Chinese world since the stone has a high value and within money driven Chinese culture it stands automatically for it somehow but this gemstones of top quality almost always is Burmese jadeite. Most buyer want green imperial jade for a top price it should have a rich semi transparent appearance, the more the higher the value, just have a look at this bangles and rings.

It can be worked into beautiful pieces of jewelry such as earrings, pendants, necklaces, bracelets and artistic statues and other objects. To make the jewels even more attractive carvings are made, they use a driller for that.

Sometimes some white gold or silver is worked around the actual stone to allow the return of the light back into the mineral which increases reflection and makes it more shiny and transparent. In Myanmar produced jewelry is usually pure no metals around.

This artworks are very decorative and a sure positive eye catcher in any home or office.

A difficult part of the creation is to bring the right hue in a proper position, since this is one stone it needs some thinking to handle this.

What is Jadeite jade? Buyers have certain preferences, at the third position is that beautiful shade and is also reflected in the price range. Usually it’s white jade with lavender veins. Since most fine material comes from Myanmar / Burma beautiful objects for sale such as statues, bangles, pendants and other can be seen on a larger scale at the Bogyoke Market in Yangon, the premier shopping for minerals.

China is “the Navel of the Jadeworld” and dealers there have defined about 120 hue's of the “Stone of Heaven” and only they really know them since some even bring "a morning shade" into it and other an "afternoon glow" plus more.

At the bazaar in Yangon many creative works is on display, in the past designs were very conservative which is changing rapidly into trendy jewelry designs.Today natural items are demanded, the main buyer are Chinese women over 40 who have some money to spend, younger ladies usually buy lower priced items. But demand is growing rapidly over the whole spectrum which brings in crooks who try to make quick money with fake and manipulated items.

The manipulated items are almost exclusively made by Chinese who put below average quality pieces into acid and get resins under high pressure into the stone to fill cracks . They look good when sold but after around 3 years they are just rubbish. This makes it important to understand at least a bit how to identify quality, first rule is take a magnifying lens and torch light with this basic tools plenty of fake items already can be identified if it’s natural authentic or not.

Highly polished lavender jade with intense colors and a good value of translucency is highly priced. This type of jade stone is also often used for bigger items such as a Jade Buddha Sculpture since the prices are still in a manageable region which can’t be done with imperial jade or other top green since the prices will be simply too high. That's one of the reasons why Buddha statues from over about 40 cm height are mostly done in white and lavender.

The best place to have a look for jewelry, statues, sculptures is here. This oriental bazaar in Yangon is a amazing trading place, ave a look at the pictures to give you a good idea what is available.

It is easy to find the right shade to match skin tones plus clothing you wear, another idea could be to go with the season, means winter cooler tones summer warmer. Have a quick look at your wardrobe, it’s easy to figure out which color you prefer and since jade colors are over the whole spectrum the right match is not far away. Unfortunately most people only want green since this is the most popular but there are beautiful other colors. Certain impurities penetrated the stones millions of years ago when the earth was still formed under immerse heat and pressure, chromium traces make the best imperial green.

Since it is not very easy to find these colors in all qualities go online and search around. If it once coincidently happens that you are on a tour in Asia or live there do a stopover in Myanmar, Yangon is the center of gravity in the world for it including rubies, lapiz-lazuli, sapphires, amber and other precious stones, great deals could be made in Yangon.

The result is, almost every color is available, blue is mainly found in today Guatemala and Honduras, all other top quality stones always come from upper Burma or northern Myanmar. Actually it is mined worldwide, but most found is the lower grade form which is nephrite, in Myanmar jadeite is mined, that’s the “good stuff” in the stone. This mineral is always related to China and when their deposits got exhausted they were searching for other supply, northern Burma started to deliver, these deposits were known to them since hundreds of years because in a short period in history this was Chinese territory.

In general, when buying ask the seller to go with you outside the shop into normal light, the lights in the shops don't show the real color, this is also very relevant in any high end jewelry shop, they have special lighting which let the items look much better than in normal daylight. E.g. there are a couple of great shops in Singapore and elsewhere with this sophisticated lighting.

Why the stone of Heaven Myths? A rock of immortality and sometimes living stone which comes because the longer it is worn on the body the more the color changes which simply is a result of sweat and other circumstances around the skin but superstition is always with us and probable the highest level of it is with Chinese. So what about a great lavender Buddha? Usually people relate it to green but dictionaries of more than hundred definitions of green are circulating, this sounds like green nature and snow, certain vegetable, the sky, the sea and so on.

Marvelous artwork just out of a green rock of jade into decorative products. This stone cultures have been recorded over several thousands of years. One of the main selling point is the idea of prosperity, good luck, healing and long life plus natural and stylish.

They believe that when wearing the green stone it will protected a person from evil. It is also known for healing properties; Actually all kind of positive ideas had been interpreted into the stones including carved figurines for Feng Shui purposes. Singapore is a great place to go shopping for jewelry and artwork but it just became too expensive in recent years.