Piao Hua jadeite is a Pinyin pronunciation of the words 飘花. Directly translated from Chinese, the term means floating flowers and this term is used to describe patterns of contrasting colour that can be observed in certain natural jadeite. These colour patterns are completely natural and can appear in different shapes and sizes, creating entirely unique jadeite jewellery pieces.
This article seeks to provide more information about this beautiful trait in natural jadeite.
What are jade bead bracelets? By definition, jade bead bracelets are bracelets made of jadeite carved into spheres with smaller hollow centres. The spheres are usually strung together with elastic cord which gives the bracelets a certain amount of stretch. Jade bead bracelets can be found in a variety of colours, quality and also sizes. In this article, learn more about jade bead bracelets with an additional compilation of photo references for jade bead sizes.
In jade jewellery, bangles are amongst the more popular carvings or types of jade jewellery. Carved from a single block of jade rough, jade bangles make use of the most raw material in their production. Due to the fixed dimensions of jade bangles and the different wrist sizes of different individuals, jade bangles cannot be worn universally. If this is your first time purchasing a jade bangle and you have no clue of your required bangle size, hopefully the rest of this article below will provide some insight and help you find a suitable jade bangle.
In our online store, we exclusively stock jadeite that have no treatments applied to them. This is always emphasised in our product descriptions and in this post, a more detailed explanation of the term Type A is delved into. The objective is to explain the main differences between natural jadeite and treated jadeite to provide a better understanding of our collection of jadeite jewellery.
Being extremely tough as a material, jadeite jewellery pieces are well suited for everyday wear. However, with frequent wearing, jewellery pieces are exposed to all sorts of dirt and grime in our everyday lives. With set jewellery pieces, the intricate gold settings, whilst being delicate and fine, are the areas that end up accumulating dirt most easily. The accumulation of dirt and grime in minute spaces on jewellery pieces will affect their brilliance and result in a dull appearance of these jewellery.
Jadeite cabochon earrings are measured by the millimetre. Slight increases in size actually do affect the look and feel of these beautiful jade earrings while being worn. While it may seem clear and definitive, dimensions on paper are hard to visualise. With the recent introduction of photographs with the earrings worn on mannequin heads, these slight size differences are made very clear and obvious.
Photography is especially important in online stores. Capturing the right colour and hue to be as accurate as possible is a priority in any product photo taking. A new introduction to our online store photography, is an additional photograph for each pair of jade earrings. This additional photograph will be taken with one side of the earrings worn on a resin mannequin.
Jade abacus rings are named as such because of their shape which resembles the discs used in abacuses. Similar to the discs found in abacuses, jade abacus rings have a cylindrical shape with a hollow centre. The entire jade ring is carved from a single raw jadeite. These rings are also known as hololith rings which are rings that are carved entirely out from a single piece of stone.
Violet is one of the 7 colours of light. These 7 colours make up the range of colours when light is split in a prism. The colour violet comes after the colours blue and indigo and represents a shade that is very similar to purple which is a mix of blue and red. In most definitions, violet represents a hue that contains more bluish tones than purple. This article explores this beautiful colour in jadeite.
Natural jade is found in a wide range of intense to pastel colours. One of the most popular and beautiful is the colourless jadeite. Colourless jadeite has gained popularity in more modern designs of jade jewellery. Being colourless, this particular type of jade can be matched with any type of outfit and occasion. The typical attributes that define the quality of a jade piece apply to colourless jadeite as well. However, in this article here, the focus will be on the translucency of colourless jadeite and the finest grade of colourless jadeite.
Jadeite bangles are probably the most associated jewellery with jade. Due to the way jadeite bangles are crafted, fine jadeite bangles are the hardest to come by. Each jadeite bangle needs to be carved out of a single piece of jade and it is not easy to obtain a single material large enough to provide a rounded piece of fine jadeite bangle. Thus, fine jadeite bangles are highly sought after by jadeite collectors.
In this article, we seek to illustrate some of the terms used in describing dimensions of our jade bangles uploaded in our online store.