Jade
Vitreous Jadeite/Nephrite Opaque/Translucent 6-7
Uncommon-Rare
China, Myanmar, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Guatemala, and Canada
Colors: Green, Black, White, Blue, Red, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Grey, Brown, Orange
Uses: Jade is a gemstone believed to have several benefits, including increasing fortune, grounding, and enhancing maturity in relationships. Different crystals and stones are believed to harness their own energies and provide unique benefits.
Properties: A protective stone, Jade keeps the wearer from harm and brings harmony. Jade attracts good luck and friendship. It stabilises the personality and promotes self-sufficiency. Soothes the mind, releasing negative thoughts.
Major Types of Jade
Green Jade
Vitreous Jadeite/Nephrite Opaque/Translucent 6-7
Uncommon-Very Rare
Myanmar, New Zealand, Canada, Taiwan, Guyana, Surinam, Southern Europe, Russia, and China
Colors: Creamy to Vibrant Green
Uses: Nourishing the body with the Earth's loving energies, Jade strengthens a deep-rooted sense of wholeness and inner stability. Harmonizing with the heart chakra it expands gratitude for all that you have in your life.
Properties: It's highly renowned for its metaphysical magic and is often used as a tool in emotional healing, dreamwork, and connecting with higher realms. Back on the ground and Jade is also an amulet for good luck, a talisman for welcoming abundance, and a stone of sublime peace and well-being.
Yellow Jade
Vitreous Jadeite/Nephrite Opaque/Translucent 6-7
Rare
Myanmar, Japan, Guatemala, and China
Colors: Creamy Yellow or Tan
Uses: Yellow Jade may help with many organs in the body. It is known to assist in spleen, thyroid, and digestion functions. It can also be used for the larynx, bladder, and kidney. Even your heart can benefit from the strength of a Yellow Jade stone.
Properties: The healing properties of this stone bring optimism and joy when you need it most. It's the ultimate stone for tranquility and rejuvenation. Instead of continuing to wallow in self-pity or despair, Yellow Jade's meaning and energy will pump you up and instill a sense of purpose into your soul.
White Jade
Vitreous Nephrite Opaque/Translucent 6-7
Rare
Xinjiang Province of China, New Zealand, and Canada
Colors: White or Cream
Uses: White Jade can effectively detoxify the body and get rid of unwanted toxins. It can strengthen the eyes, skin and boost the immune system. White Jade can correct and stabilize the power in the reproductive system. It can improve the fertility cycle, and it can protect both baby and mommy during pregnancy.
Properties: This stone is known for its power to make you feel calm and peaceful. White Jade also has the ability to increase or enhance the energy of love in your life. You should wear it when you want to forge a friendship or strengthen your connection with a lover or strengthen your mind and promote emotional healing.
Blue Jade
Vitreous Jadeite Opaque/Translucent 6-7
Very Rare
Guatemala, Japan, and California, US
Colors: Blue
Uses: Blue Jade is a talisman of peace and serenity. It calms and restores, like a veil of slow moving clouds covering the moon. It is spiritual. It ranges in color from pale to mid-blue, sometimes a pale bluish-green, and is widely used to temper emotional upheaval and to restore equilibrium.
Properties: Blue Jade is a rare stone that is both grounding and uplifting at the same time, helping us to explore polarities in our own selves and in our belief systems. It is a stone that sings of serenity and harmony, showing us how to live in balance both within ourselves and with the greater world.
Kunlun Qinghai Jade
Vitreous Jadeite/Nephrite Opaque/Translucent 6-7
Rare
Kunlun Mountains, Qinghai Province, China
Colors: Green and White
Uses: Known as the dream stone, and assists in dream recall, analysis and dream connection to ancient wisdom. When carved as deities, it can signify protection and good fortune. Stabilizing and protecting.
Properties: Qinghai Jade comes from the beautiful mountain region of Qinghai, China, and brings forward the energetic properties of these ancient mountains: stable, strong, rooted, harmonious. Jade is a stone of nurture and strength, a yin and a yang.