Ying Yu Jade
Carved Jade Bangle Bracelets
Carved jade bangle bracelets are little jade carvings you can wear and collect. The carvings feature dragon, phoenix, coins, flowers, lingzhi mushroom "immortal plant", zodiac animals and more. The meanings and energies of the carving as well as the energetic qualities of the jade itself are very personal and owning and wearing a carved jade bangle bracelet can bring you much happiness, good luck and health.
There are two types of jade used for carved jade bangles. Chinese jade is mined in China and is "China's National Jade" and is carved into bangles, pendants, large and small carvings, and health instruments like rollers, gua sha tools.Chines jade is slightly softer than jadeite and the carving can be extremely detailed and beautiful on this kind of jade. Also, Chinese jade is traditionally not color treated or bleached, so you can be assured that you carved jade bangle will be sturdy enough to hold up to every day wearing. You can read about Chinese jade by clicking this link. Burmese jadeite is mined in Myanmar (Burma) and is purchased by Chinese jade carvers who buy the rough jadeite. Burmese jadeite is the most recognized jade, and you can read about Burmese jadeite by clicking this link.
If you plan to wear you jade bangle, not just collect and display it, you need to be extremely careful about the jade you purchase. Most carved jade bangles are made from Burmese jadeite and you can expect to pay around $200 for a starting price, up to thousands of dollars. If you see a cheaper price, you need to know that the jade has probably been bleached with acid to remove natural impurities, then enhanced will color added. While this color is beautiful, the bleaching process causes the jade to be very brittle and easy to crack. "A" untreated jade is plentiful, not very expensive, but also the inexpensive is not very pretty or colorful with lots of inclusions, so it is commonly used for commercial quality jade bangles. And unfortunately there are jade sellers who will sell B and C quality as A either because they truly don't know the difference, or don't want to tell customers their jade has been color treated. Even if you carved jade bangle is "A" quality with no bleaching, the carving in itself makes the jade bangle more delicate than a smooth jade bangle because it is slightly compromised by the carving. The exception is a raised carving, where there is a substantial quantity of jade in the bangle itself. The carving process may cause some splitting of the jade grain that may appear as a crack, but is not truly a crack. And the jade carving tool often leave a mark that looks like a crack on the jade bangle. These are not considered to be flaws, but are natural imperfections of a hand crafted item that make each one unique, and show they are natural jade stone.
Carved and smooth jade bangle "sister set"
The price range for a carved jade bangle can vary from $100 for a Chinese jade bangle, to thousands of dollars for Burmese jadeite. However, Ying Yu Jade endeavors to offer a wide variety of price ranges for every budget. The price is determined by the quality, natural vs enhanced color, translucence, and the price of jade. Ying Yu Jade often works with a jade carver, and purchases the rough for the carver to make bangles and pendants, so we can get a better value both in quality and price.
The price of jade continues to rise, so your jade bangle bracelet is not only a beautiful piece of jewelry but also an investment. Good quality genuine jade is not cheap, and if you see prices that are less than $100 for jadeite, it is probably a very poor quality or not genuine jade. So you need to purchase a jade bangle bracelet or any kind of jade items, from a reliable seller. A reliable jade seller will offer information about jade on their web site. For example, Ying Yu Jade not only offers much jade information, but also a daily jade blog that informs readers about jade, a travelog of our China jade buying trips, detailed policies and information you need for the actual purchase and shipping of the jade you buy. Many jade sellers don't use an automated shopping cart system because it is extremely time consuming to put items for sale in a shopping cart system when each jade piece is a one-of-a-kind item, but Ying Yu Jade believes this is a professional method for selling jade to give customers confidence that they are getting what they order, and will receive a proper receipt with the ability to view their account and status. We want customers to feel confident when they purchase from Ying Yu Jade because we know it can be a challenging time especially when you purchase your first jade bangle bracelet.
Ying Yu Jade owner Kathleen
is a woman who wears a jade bangle bracelet all the time, and knows the
importance of having a high quality, good fitting jade bangle, and sells
only the kind of jade that she would wear herself. You can click the blue
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