Chinese Jade

Chinese Jade is not well understood by many folks. If I told you that jade can be one of the most expensive of all gemstones, you would probably be surprised. Even jewelers who really know their way around the faceted stones have a hard time with jade, especially when we don’t often see really good jade like this necklace.

Transparency of Chinese emerald affects the refraction of light and its beauty. When light enters a transparent emerald with fine texture, it sparkles; if light enters an opaque emerald with coarse texture, it refracts dull light to the eye that reduces attractiveness.

Nevertheless, there are major differences: the "Chinese" 12-part cycle is divided into years rather than months;the animals of the Chinese zodiacare not associated with constellations, let alone those spanned by the ecliptic plane.