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"Jade" is a generic name for jadeite and nephrite. This is because before 1863 the two minerals were thought to be the same, however Alexis Damour discovered jade could be divided into two different minerals. It is very difficult to distinguish the two minerals and because the word jade was so entrenched in common language the term jade is still used to this day. Jade is used for a very durable material which has been fashioned into tools, sculptures, jewelry, gemstones, and other objects for over 5,000 years . It was first used to manufacture ax heads, weapons, and tools for scraping and hammering because of its toughness. Then, because some specimens had a beautiful color and could be polished to a brilliant luster, people started to use jade for gemstones, talismans, and ornamental objects. Although most people who think of jade imagine a beautiful green gemstone, the material occurs in a wide variety of colors that include green, white, lavender, yellow, blue, black, red, orange, and gray.
Much of the world's jade is found around the rim of the Pacific Ocean, where subduction transports large slabs of oceanic lithosphere beneath continents and volcanic island arcs. This accounts for much of the jade found in South America, Central America, the United States, Canada, eastern Asia, and New Zealand.
Healing Properties:
Jade is a protective stone, Jade keeps the wearer from harm and brings harmony. Jade attracts good luck and friendship. It stabilizes the personality and promotes self-sufficiency. Soothes the mind, releasing negative energy. Jade treats the kidneys and supra-adrenal glands, removes toxins, rebinds cellular and skeletal systems and heals stitches. It helps with fertility and childbirth. IT works on the hips and spleen, Jade balances the fluids within the body and the water-salt/acid-alkaline ratios.
How to use:
Place or wear as appropriate . The Chinese believe that holding Jade transfers its virtue into the body.
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