Jadeite Crystal Bracelet

Jadeite is the trade name for the palest, freshest green in the jade family - a soft, almost translucent apple-green, lighter and clearer than the deep green of classic jade. It belongs to the same group of tough, fine-grained green stones carved across cultures for thousands of years.

The colour is the point of distinction: an even, gentle green with a cool, smooth surface and the soft waxy polish that marks jade from glassier stones. Some material in the trade is colour-enhanced to reach this bright even tone.

Pale-green stones have been carried under several names, apple jade among them, all sharing the jade tradition’s dense toughness and soft, waxy surface.

Asked often

How is apple jade different from green jade?
By colour. Jadeite is the pale, fresh, near-translucent green of the family; classic green jade runs deeper and more saturated. Both belong to the same group of tough green stones.

Is the colour natural?
Jadeite is natural across a wide range, though a bright, even pale-green is sometimes colour-enhanced in the trade.

Is it nephrite or jadeite?
Both minerals are sold as jade, sharing the same toughness and waxy polish. This is the pale-green stone of that tradition.

How do I care for it?
Wipe with a soft, slightly damp cloth and dry. Tough in wear; keep the cord dry and avoid harsh chemicals and prolonged soaking, which can affect treated material.

1. Worn on either wrist, over the hand, on a durable elastic cord.
2. Feel the cool, waxy surface - the touch shared across the jade family.
3. Wipe with a soft, slightly damp cloth and dry.
4. Keep the cord dry - avoid harsh chemicals and long soaking.

Many traditions rinse or air their stones from time to time; that is a matter of preference, and the rest is yours.

The elastic cord lasts longest kept dry - remove before swimming, bathing, or applying scent. Do not soak.

• Stone: Jadeite · pale-green jade
• Color: Pale, fresh apple-green · translucent
• Band: Durable elastic cord
• Care: Wipe with a soft cloth · keep the cord dry

The pale greens of jade have been prized alongside the deep ones across the stone’s long history. In the Chinese tradition jade was graded across a wide spectrum of greens and whites, each shade with its own following, and the soft fresh tones were valued for their delicacy and translucence. The same toughness that let jade be carved for thousands of years runs through the pale stone as through the deep.

For its gentle colour the pale green has been read across cultures as a quieter member of the jade family - named here as what people believed. The lineage is jade’s vast and documented one; what the soft green means is the wearer’s.