Green Jade Crystal Pyramid

Jade is the name two distinct minerals have shared for centuries - nephrite, a tough amphibole, and jadeite, a rarer pyroxene - both prized for the same dense, fine-grained toughness that let carvers work them without shattering. Both take the soft, waxy, slightly greasy polish that distinguishes jade from glassier green stones.

The colour here is green, even to mottled, sometimes veined or cloudy. The defining quality of true jade is toughness rather than hardness: an interlocking fibrous structure that resists breaking, which is why it was worked into blades and rings long before metal tools.

Many green stones have been carried under the name jade across its long history. What is offered here is a green ornamental stone of that tradition, chosen for the dense toughness and soft waxy polish described above.

Asked often

Is this nephrite or jadeite?
Both minerals are sold as jade, and both share the dense toughness and waxy polish that define the stone. This is a green ornamental stone of that tradition.

What makes jade different from other green stones?
Toughness. Jade’s interlocking fibrous structure resists breaking, and it takes a soft waxy polish rather than a glassy one - the qualities that let it be carved for thousands of years.

Is the colour natural?
Jade colour ranges naturally from white through many greens, and some jade in the trade is also dyed or colour-treated.

How do I care for it?
Dust with a soft, slightly damp cloth and dry. Jade is tough; avoid harsh chemicals and prolonged soaking.

1. Set on a desk or shelf, apex up.
2. Dust with a soft, slightly damp cloth and dry.
3. Jade is notably tough; avoid harsh chemicals and prolonged soaking.

Many traditions set a stone where they will see it each day; where it sits, and what it marks for you, is yours to decide.

A piece to set down and return to. Jade is tough; dust it from time to time, and keep it from harsh chemicals and prolonged soaking.

• Stone: Green jade
• Character: Green · waxy polish · notably tough
• Hardness: Mohs 6–7 · exceptional toughness
• Form: Pyramid · four faces, cut and polished
• Care: Dust with a soft cloth · avoid harsh chemicals

Jade holds a place in human culture that few materials approach. Across China it was worked for thousands of years and valued above gold, set into ritual objects, burial suits, and the seals of the state; across Mesoamerica the Olmec and Maya prized green jade above all other stones; and the Maori of New Zealand carved nephrite into treasured ornaments and tools. Three continents, the same green stone, independently held precious.

For its toughness and its colour jade was carried as a stone of constancy and good standing across these cultures - named here as what people believed. The lineage is documented and vast; what the green means to the person who keeps it is theirs to decide.