Guest guest Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Dear Friends If you look up both words on Google it says that jade or jadeite is mostly an oriental mineral and nephrite is Canadian Jade and maybe from elsewhere....the best Jade is said to come from a small country in South East Asia and then there is China where you can get any color jade.......from white to green........however you can read entire history by going to Google Have never much understood the philosophy behind ocean pearls.......oceans are polluted now in this age and the oyster makes a pearl by sifting all that settles in the area of the ocean.......knew one person who wouldnt go into ocean as he said that is big fish toilet.....so dont know how pearls from ocean can be made a great item when they are produced from an animal that sifts through all the manure of the ocean and other pollutants.........fresh water pearls might be different as might be liveing in running water and running water constantly is filtering pollutants out of the water the fresh water oysters or clams are liveing on.......can most likely read more accurate information on this by going to Google also.....Google is like a giant Dictionary and Encyclopedia all in one Wishing you and family the Best DD In a message dated 5/13/2006 8:11:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, selinesmusic (AT) adelphia (DOT) net writes: > > > Interesting......I was told by a certified jeweler many years ago that > Jadeite is the more valuable jade. Nephrite jade is very inexpensive and at the > same level of pricing as agate......is what I was told. I have a beautiful > apple green jadeite stone set in 14K gold.....appraised in the hundreds for > insurance purposes, but I don't recall the exact figure. I, too, would > appreciate the clarification. > Best regards, > Seline > > >> - >> Sindhuma Ishaya >> >> 05/12/2006 5:08 PM >> RBSC : Emerald Buddha, jade, and pearls >> >> >> I remember seeing the emerald Buddha in Thailand; how beautiful a picture. >> By the way, for those who don't know, jadeite IS genuine jade, along with >> nephrite; from the name you would thing jadeite is some lesser stone, but it's >> the real thing; a Buddha made entirely of jade is something to behold, and >> jade carries almost the same Jyotish energy for Mercury as emerald, am I >> right? It's my understanding that emerald/jade is for communication, focussing >> during meditation, freeing from the desires of the ego, and for the eventual >> mastery of all desire and therefore the miracle power if one does not stray >> from the path. Pretty powerful gemstone. >> >> Just asking; the web page also said that cultured pearls are no good for >> Jyotish. How about freshwater pearls? I'm asking because I use them in >> people's rudraksha malas and I had assumed they were fine; only "bad" pearls I knew >> of were the irradiated ones ("peacock" pearls, copper pearls, etc. can be >> dyed or irradiated; hard to tell) and therefore they carry no energy at all; >> it's like wearing plastic. Please correct me if I'm wrong. >> >> >> >> >> Sindhuma Ishaya >> > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Om, More information on jadeite and nephrite: My mother worked for a jewelry store specializing in jade. She was told many old pieces from China were carved in nephrite, a softer stone than jadeite with a "soapy" appearance. Jadeite, considered rarer, was only found in Burma. It is harder and polishes to a high gloss finish. Both are found in many colors, though I am yet to see nephrite with the translucency jadeite can possess. Green and shades of green are prized by the Chinese. I have an apple green bracelet carved from a single piece of stone and was told by my Chinese grandmother that it will protect from harm until it is broken. If it does break, its purpose is fulfilled and it no longer has that power. She would have thrown the piece away, but now people will repair the piece and wear for cosmetic reasons. Jade is found all over the world, and as readers may know, was found in mayan or incan burial sites. Om, IS On May 13, 2006, at 8:25 AM, AumShiningLotus (AT) aol (DOT) com wrote: > Dear Friends > > If you look up both words on Google it says that jade or jadeite is > mostly an oriental mineral and nephrite is Canadian Jade and maybe > from elsewhere....the best Jade is said to come from a small country > in South East Asia and then there is China where you can get any color > jade.......from white to green........however you can read entire > history by going to Google > > Have never much understood the philosophy behind ocean > pearls.......oceans are polluted now in this age and the oyster makes > a pearl by sifting all that settles in the area of the > ocean.......knew one person who wouldnt go into ocean as he said that > is big fish toilet.....so dont know how pearls from ocean can be made > a great item when they are produced from an animal that sifts through > all the manure of the ocean and other pollutants.........fresh water > pearls might be different as might be liveing in running water and > running water constantly is filtering pollutants out of the water the > fresh water oysters or clams are liveing on.......can most likely read > more accurate information on this by going to Google also.....Google > is like a giant Dictionary and Encyclopedia all in one > > Wishing you and family the Best > > DD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 13, 2006 Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 Wow, thanks for the input. The Canadian (British Columbia) jade I buy is dark green and looks pretty hard; the beads are prefectly round. It varies in shade but I haven't seen any that is lighter like the Burmese (Myanmar) jade that comes in white (a milky bluish white), caramel-ish yellow, and light green. None of it is the "traditional" green jade, and the beads look handmade; large holes, off-round. I am suspicious of the Chinese jade that comes in lavender, red, and other odd colors, although if it is dyed that supposedly does not change the energy. I like the look of the Canadian jade and usually don't mix the two types. The Burmese I combine with other stones like amazonite in necklaces, but for Jyotish I always use emeralds. There are handcarved beads I used to buy as jade which are now correctly labelled quartzite, and I see jewelry labelled as jade often which doesn't look authentic. The best thing is to have a trustworthy source. I use things that come from the ocean, which has been a fish toilet for millenia but also is the grand Mother of life and the symbol of the Source; churning the ocean of milk is what gives birth to the universe. As my name means "Mother of the Ocean", I am a bit prejudiced in its favor. Regarding manure and other waste, it certainly contributes to beautiful gardens! I use ocean coral for Jyotish for Mars; it's higher in energy than carnelian. I think the objection to cultured pearls is that they are artifically produced, not that they come from the ocean. Since I do malas, not rings, I'm not likley to find cultured pearls with holes in them anyway, even if I could afford to use them in a mala. Thanks for all the info! Sindhuma Sindhuma Ishaya Visit the Ishayas at www.ishaya.org Visit Bindhu Spiritual Jewelry at www.bindhu.org How low will we go? Check out Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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