| newshow | Date: Friday, 06 Jan 12, 11:18 | Message # 1 |
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| If you make hand-crafted Jade Necklaces, use a lot of jade. It’s easy and inexpensive to buy. It looks great on necklaces, bracelets and earrings – on its own or mixed with other stones. Jade is available in loose beads and temporarily strung into strands. Jade Bangle Loose beads are cheaper, but strand beads have more-uniform drill holes, so will hang better, making them best for necklaces. However, if you plan on knotting your necklace, then loose beads will do. Most colored jade is dyed, this is usual, and the color doesn’t come off. Jade Rings So if you want continuity it is best to purchase all you need for a project in one go. Jade beads are carved into more different shapes than other stone. Like tiny, fish, bottles, rings, flowers, barrels, hearts, tubes, and many other designs to compliment a necklace or bracelet. Jade is remarkably tough, used by ancient civilizations for axes and weapons.
Jade Jewelry The Aztecs even taxed it. However, because of its smooth texture, it was soon carved into ornaments and jewelry. Chinese jade first arrived in the West during the sixteenth-century, brought from Canton by the Portuguese. Today jade continues to be a symbol of love, virtue, and status.
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