THE GAIAX NEWS
JULY 1$, 1971
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JADE
^^Tee Jewel that grants all
DESIRES
WORLD AND THE NEXT."
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One of the loveliest and most durable of all min
erals, so tough in its structure that it is practically
INDESTRUCTIBLE, YET RECEPTIVE AND RETENTIVE IN THE HIGH
EST DEGREE OF THE SURE TOUCH OF THE ENGRAVING TOOL, JADE
HAS BEEN A HUMAN TREASURE FOR GENERATIONS OF LIFE AND
CENTURIES OF TIME THAT RECEED INTO THE DARKNESS PRECEDING\1
THE DAWN OF HISTORY9
There is singular appropriateness in the fact that
THIS BEAUTIFUL AND LASTING PRODUCT OF THE EARTH SHOULD
BE VITALLY INTERWOVEN WITH THE HISTORY OF THE GREATEST
AND MOST CONTINUOUS CIVILIZATION EVER ACHIEVED BY MAN *
When jade is spoken of, all the world thinks of China•
And behind the Chinese people lie six thousand years of
ORGANIZED LIFE^
Jade comes in three main classes: Nephrite, Jadeite
AND CHLOROMELANITE9 Nephrite comes in many shades of
GREEN, BLUE-'GRAY AND REDD I SH^GRAY, ALSO IN BEESWAX YELLOW
CONNABAR RED, SNOW WHITE, SPINACH GREEN FLOCKED WITH
GOLD AND IN THE VERY RARE ’^MUTTON-FAT TEXTURE WITH
iVERMILLION SPOTS» JadEITE IS MORE VIVID IN ITS COLOR-
'NG THAN NEPHRITE, AND MORE TRANSLUCENT % It IS FOUND
’IN AN EXQUISITE LAVENDAR AND IN BRIGHT APPLE-GREEN,AND
IN THE BRILLIANT EMERALD GREEN SO HIGHLY PRIZED AND SO
VALUABLE^ ThE BLACK JADE, CHLOROMELANITE, THE SOURCE
)OF WHICH REMAINS SOMETHING OF A MYSTERY SO FAR AS GhINA
IS CONCERNED, HAS BEEN USED IN MANY CARVINGS WHICH ARE
OF GREAT ANTIQUITY. In HARDNESS', NEPHRITE RANKS AS 5#/
JADEITE AS St AND CHL OROMELAN ITE, 6i-7 ^
The varied and beautiful colorings of jade appealed
STRONGLY TO THE ARTISTIC AND IMAGINATIVE MINDS OF THE
\ANCiENT Orientals, and Ghina^s artisans throughout the
CENTURIES HAVE C ONTINUED TO PRODUCE OBJECTS DECORATIVE
AND ORNAMENTAL IN CHARACTER^ JaDE ORNAMENTS, WORN ON
THE PERSON BRING GOOD HEALTH, BUT IF THEY TURN DULL OR
SHOULD BREAK, THE WEARER WILL MEET WITH MISFORTUNE.
I^HEN THERE IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO BE DONE, |
WILL HOLD A PIECE OF JADE IN THE HAND AND RUB IT. ThAT
PROCEDURE IS BY NO MEANS CONFINED TO THE CHINESE, OF
COURSEf AND IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD THE POTENCY OF THE
JADE CHARM OR ORNAMENT TO PROTECT FROM EVIL AND MISFOR
TUNE IS A MATTER OF BELIEF AMAZINGLY DISSEMINATED.
ORIENTAL ANTIQ U E5
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