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IF YOU PICK JADE, YOU SEEK TO PROMOTE PEACE.
♦ OLDEN DAYS MYTHS
There are many stories about jade, most of them from China. Associated only with positive energies, jade was believed to be a healing stone that promoted charity, modesty, wisdom, serenity, and love.
♦ ROCK-SOLID FACTS
What people call jade can actually be one of two different minerals: nephrite or jadeite. Both jades can be white, green, gray, brown, or lavender.
♦ ROCK ON
During the Stone Age, before the discovery of metals, people shaped jade—which holds a sharp edge well—into tools such as knives and axes. Because jade is easily carved, artists later used jade in many forms of art, including jewelry and sculptures.
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Photographs by Chip Clark (agate); Chip Clark/NMNH/Smithsonian Institution (moonstone, citrine, malachite, lapis lazuli, jade, rose quartz, clear quartz); Layne Kennedy/Corbis (amber); Julie West/Rainbow (bloodstone); Martin Walz (map) |
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