Jadeite cabochons and beads are popular terms in jade jewellery. There are differences in their design and crafting. In this article, we give a quick overview on their differences and why these particular jade jewellery are so highly prized and sought after.
One of the most frequently raised questions online regarding jade or jadeite is: How do you know if the jade is real?
Jade comprises of 2 kinds of minerals, jadeite, and nephrite. Both minerals can be crafted into various types of jade jewellery in a vast range of quality. Unlike gemstones where there are specific telling signs in chemical enhancements, identifying chemical treatments performed on jade is a tough ask without any proper laboratory equipment. In purchasing quality or fine jade jewellery, the prerequisite is for the jade material to be free of any chemical enhancements and thus Type A.
In a year, there are quite a few occasions requiring some thought into gift selection and purchasing. Right now, at the end of April, Mother’s Day is around the corner. 1 useful tip about gift selection that always comes to mind is, to find a gift that the receiver wants, but does not need and might not have otherwise purchased the item his or herself. But this tip is merely a guide for a whole wide spectrum of items to be gifted. In this article, we wish to provide more insights into selecting jewellery as a gift.
Jadeite rings at our online store are all custom designed with a variety of diamond adorned jewellery settings to bring out the best qualities in our jadeite pieces. In most cases, our rings are crafted in specific sizes to be showcased to our customers both online and offline.
Jade cabochons are cut from a single piece of jadeite material and polished to have a rounded surface with a flat bottom. Cabochons have no facets but a single polished surface. Only the finest quality jadeite materials are crafted into cabochons since any impurities or cracks in the raw jadeite material will be very obvious in a jadeite cabochon.
Purchasing directly online is possible via our online shop. We seek to represent our products in their most accurate colours to allow our customers to confidently purchase our jadeite jewellery products directly from our online store.
Viewing by appointment is an option for customers in Singapore. All our products are physically available and physical appointments can be arranged to have a touch and feel of our products. Simply drop us a message on our contact form here or if reach out to us via WhatsApp to arrange for a private meeting to view any products you are interested in.
Being an online store, accuracy in product photography is very important. Colours need to be as close to the actual products as possible.
For our product photos, all photos are taken on an Iphone 12 camera. The photos taken are subsequently uploaded online with a sRGB colour profile to maintain colour hues to be as accurate as possible. During photo taking, different angles result in different colour hues of the jadeite jewellery and we try our best to select and upload only photos that match the actual products in various lighting environments.
At New Jade, we seek to collect the finest specimens of jadeite to craft into timeless jewellery. The effort to curate and select quality jadeite material is what sets our collection apart. Having said that, the prerequisite of any fine jadeite jewellery, is for the jadeite to be Type A or simply enhancement free. Truly natural jadeite of the finest quality is what we have in our collection and this is the premise of our business. Thus, we guarantee that all our products are Type A and in the event that they are proven otherwise, a return with full refund will be an unspoken promise.