Jade Teardrop Necklace

Item Description

• Stunning dark green colour

• Carved and shaped on both sides

• Handcrafted, gloss polish finish

• Complete with sterling silver bezel and chain

• Natural, untreated, semi-precious stone

Background

• Classic jewellery

• All our NZ Jade stock is legally sourced from traditional owners

• NZ Jade is environmentally sustainable due to a lack of commercial mining

• Jade has been prized in civilizations throughout Asia, South America and the Pacific since the beginning of history

• Historically people have found value in Jade for tools, as a healing stone and as a connection to the gods

• Due to its strength Jade was first exploited for tools five millennia ago

• Chinese traditionally value Jade as a symbol of wealth, purity and spirituality

• South American and Pacific civilisations have a tribal connection to Jade