Hand-mixed and hand-rolled in the Kathmandu Valley
Prehnite - small tumble-polished stones of pale celadon to yellow-green
not laid on it: natural gamma radiation in the host rock acting over long ages on traces of aluminium in the quartz
It is one of the oldest scented materials on record
cooled slowly deep in the crust near Larvik in Norway
Green Jade Crystal Bracelet Sandalwood Hand-mixed and hand-rolled in theGreen jade the stone that has meant more, to more cultures, than almost any other, carved across the world for thousands of years. Even to mottled green, smooth and cool, with a soft waxy polish. Jade is the name shared by two tough minerals, nephrite and jadeite, both prized for the dense fibrous toughness that let carvers work them without shattering and for the waxy polish that sets jade apart from glassier green stones. Toughness, not hardness, is