Rex refers to himself as a 'presenter of New Zealand Jade stone' rather than a carver. He specializes in collecting and working the more unusual or rather rarer varieties of New Zealand's Jade ( pounamu ) so that the real mystery of the stone can be exposed and appreciated. Because of R...
they also attributed healing powers to it. It was much used for implements by ancient peoples, especially in Mexico, Switzerland, France, Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, and New Zealand. Jadeite is found in upper Myanmar, in Japan, and in Guatemala; nephrite in New Zealand, Turkistan, Siberia, ...
The first Polynesians are thought to have arrived in New Zealand from other islands in the Southwest Pacific; the Moahunters, as one group of these Polynesians has been named by anthropologists, had established their nomadic, moa bird-hunting culture on the South Island by A.D. 950. The ...
JADE, a name popularly applied to several distinct ornamental stones, but restricted scientifically to a definite mineral species known as nephrite. The term nephrite, from the kidney, refers to the reputed value of the mineral in renal diseases, whence it was formerly known as Lapis nephriticus...
Nephrite is more common than jadeite and deposits have been found in New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, China, Canada, Zimbabwe, Russia, Taiwan, Alaska and Poland. The main source of jadeite is Myanmar (Burma), which is also the only source of imperial jadeite. Jadeite is also found in Japan...
Nephrite is found in New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, Russia, Canada, and the USA. Jadeite can be found mostly in Burma (Myanmar). How To Use Jade As with most gems and crystals Jade can be used in a variety of ways. When worn as jewelry it is both beautiful and supportive and allows...
Gateron Magnetic Jade Switch SPEC Operating force 30+/-7gf Total travel 3.5+/-0.2mm Initial magnetic flux 120+/-15Gs Bottom-out magnetic flux 800+/-80Gs Pre-travel Freely setting 100 million clicks Pre-lubed
Hokitika, Hokitika, New Zealand Hokittika is a small town on the west coast of New Zealand. It is famous for its unique green jade. It is called "the city of jade" in New Zealand. The sand on the beach here is black, and the stone is flat and round, so you can draw on the ...
Jade has a history in China of at least four thousands years. Unknown to some, it is found contained within the development of religion and civilization, having moved from the use of decoration on to the others such as the rites of worship and burial. Although other materials like gold, ...
Nephrite is found in New Zealand in the northern part of Westland on South Island. It occurs as pebbles and boulders in the glacial debris in the valleys of the region near Kumara , Nephrite has also been found in place in talc and talc-serpentine rocks of the Griffin Range. It is most...