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Nephrite Jade Crystal Vases | Brazil

  • A Grade
  • 5 to 6 Inches
  • 3 to 5 Pounds Each
  • Polished
  • Brazil
Regular price $80.00
  • Only 5 left in stock

Pieces from the batch shown. Weighed to the amount you choose. Every piece passes our quality control and meets or exceeds what's pictured.
Inspected and graded A by our expert team. How We Grade
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In Short

These are A-grade nephrite jade crystal vases from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Nephrite is one of the two true jade minerals, an amphibole built from interlocking fibers that make it exceptionally tough to chip. Each vase runs 5-6 inches at Mohs 6-6.5, sourced through a community partnership, with a removable tube insert holding the water. A favorite abundance stone for mantels.

Batch Lot

Nephrite Jade, Polished Crystals & Decor

Lot No. JAD-VAS-9412

The Piece

Form
Polished Crystals & Decor
Size
5 to 6 Inches127 to 152 mm, longest side
Weight
3 to 5 Pounds Each

Quality

Grade
A · How We Grade

Provenance

Region
Minas Gerais
Country
Brazil
Sourcing
Community PartnershipiSourced through a regional cooperative or community-based workshop. Processing and economic benefit stay local, which means more of the value reaches the people doing the work.Sourced through a regional cooperative or community-based workshop. Processing and economic benefit stay local, which means more of the value reaches the people doing the work.Our Sourcing Standards

Where It Comes From

Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pieces from the batch shown. Every piece meets or exceeds what's photographed.Hand-inspected and graded in-house

About This Nephrite Jade

Two different minerals are legitimately called jade: nephrite and jadeite. This is nephrite.

Nephrite is an amphibole made of microscopic fibers locked together, and that structure is the whole story. It makes the stone extraordinarily tough, not hard exactly, but resistant to chipping and breaking. It is why cultures with no contact with each other independently chose jade for tools and vessels.

Worth knowing: a lot of the jade on the market is dyed. These vases are cut and hollowed from solid blocks sourced in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Traditionally Used For

Jade is traditionally associated with luck and abundance, though the older sense is steadiness rather than a windfall: prosperity that accumulates and holds. It is linked to the heart chakra and carries a long association with harmony in a household.

If that resonates, jade is traditionally kept in the main room of a home rather than a private one.

These are traditional associations drawn from historical practice. This stone is not a substitute for medical or mental health care.

Traditional Associations

Offered as a starting point for your own practice.

Traditionally Used For
Chakra
Element
  • Earth
Try ThisBy the door, or wherever you keep your keys.
Traditional associations drawn from historical practice. Not a substitute for medical or mental health care.

Care and Use

Sensitivity Medium

Nephrite Jade sits at 6-6.5 on the Mohs scale, about as hard as glass, so it handles daily use but will scratch against harder stones. Keep chemical cleaners away from it; they can etch the surface.

Do

  • Use The Tube Insert For Water
  • Wipe Dry
  • Gentle Soap Only
  • Store Protected
  • Stable Room Temperature

Avoid

  • Chemical Cleaners
  • Prolonged Standing Water Against The Stone
  • Direct Sunlight (prolonged)
Good ForHome/AltarMantel/ConsoleMeditation Space
Traditional practice: cleanse with smoke, sound, breath or intention; charge under moonlight or intention. Offered as tradition, not instruction.
Good to Know

Questions Before You Buy

Will I get the exact pieces in the photos?

You'll receive pieces from the same batch photographed, weighed to the amount you choose. Every piece passes our quality control and meets or exceeds what you see in the photos. Single specimens are listed separately and say so.

What size are the pieces?

Each piece measures 5 to 6 inches on its longest side and weighs 3 to 5 pounds.

What does A grade mean?

Grades reflect visual quality within a batch. A is standard, with typical inclusions. AA shows stronger color, cleaner surfaces and tighter sizing. AAA is the top 10 to 15 percent of a batch. Every lot is inspected and graded by our team in Rockville, Maryland, not taken on the supplier’s word.

Where does it come from, and how do you know?

This lot is from Minas Gerais, Brazil. It came to us through a community partnership, one of the sourcing models we publish and stand behind.

Inspected, sourced and guaranteed in Rockville, Maryland

Inspected and Graded

By hand, every lot

Every lot is inspected and graded by our expert team before it is listed, not taken on the supplier's word. A on this listing means stronger color, cleaner surfaces and tighter sizing than the batch average. Pieces that miss the mark never reach the shop.

How We Grade
Sourcing

Sourced through a community partnership

Sourced through a regional cooperative or community-based workshop. Processing and economic benefit stay local, which means more of the value reaches the people doing the work. We say what we know and where our tracing stops.

Our Sourcing Standards
Our Promise

Natural stone, every time

Everything we sell is natural in origin: never synthetic, never dyed, never coated. Where a stone has been heated, irradiated or stabilized, which is common in the trade for some species, we say so on the listing. If a piece is not as described, return it within 90 days of delivery.

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