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Jade
 Being of Chinese descent, having jade is part of my culture. Part of my life.
Jade, in China, is considered to be a protective stone. It is believed that jade can absorb the bad karma and leaving the wearer unharmed and protected. Folk lore has it that the piece of jade absorbs the bad karma by cracking. In doing so it leaves the wearer of the stone unharmed. Newborns will often receive a jade pendant after they are born to protect them from bad and evil.
Chinese Imperial Courts used jade as the "royal gem" as far back as 3,000 years ago. The Chinese people like to name their daughters "Jade" or "Yu" to describe the delicate nature of the female.
 In ancient Egypt, jade was admired as the stone of love, inner peace, harmony and balance.
Jade is one of those few stones that the more you wear it, the more lustrous it becomes. I have this jade pendant that I have been wearing for over ten years. The jade has become much more intensely green, more translucent, and a much more brilliant quality since I first wore it.
 There are just as many varieties of jade as it comes in many colors. The most common color that we are familiar with is green. Other popular colors are white and lilac.
Jade is the official gemstone of British Columbia.
The traditional properties of jade are fidelity, dreams, realization of potential, peace, accord, resourcefulness, accomplishment.
It is the 12th wedding anniversary stone.
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