Jade and Gold Necklace, a Water Green Disc on a Golden Chain
44,90 €
Jade and gold necklace: a pierced disc of translucent water green, held by a gold-toned wire coiled in a spiral, on a fine gold-toned chain with round links.
Light and luminous, to wear every day. Five lengths to choose from, from 40 cm as a choker to 55 cm; if in doubt, 45 cm suits most necks.
A jade and gold necklace, all lightness: a pierced disc of translucent water green, held by a gold-toned wire that passes through its hole and coils into a spiral, on a fine gold-toned chain with round links. The gold warms the green, and the green softens the gold.
In four lines
A pierced disc of translucent water green.
A gold-toned wire coiled in a spiral, on a fine gold-toned chain.
Light and luminous, for every day.
Five lengths to choose from, 40 to 55 cm.
Water green and gold, a gentle pairing
This jade and gold necklace plays on a light contrast. The disc is a pale water green, almost mint, which the light passes through and which shows fine lighter veils inside the stone. The gold tone, for its part, is warm and bright. Together they make a luminous piece, which lights the face without ever hardening it.
It is the kind of necklace you put on in the morning without thinking and never take off again: discreet over a fine jumper, delicate on bare skin in summer.
A gold-toned wire, coiled in the stone
No glued bail, no claw: the gold-toned wire passes through the hole of the disc, comes back up, and coils several times on itself before forming the ring the chain runs through. It is a simple, solid jeweller’s move, which leaves the stone entirely free and visible on both faces.
The disc moves slightly at the end of its wire and returns the light at every movement. The chain, with fine round links, stays in the background: it is the stone you look at.
Which length to choose
Choose the length in the drop-down above the buy button; it is measured clasp included. At 40 cm, the disc sits at the base of the neck, as a choker. At 42 or 45 cm, it falls between the collarbones, a much worn length. At 50 cm, it comes down towards the top of the neckline, and at 55 cm, it is worn over a collar or a jumper.
The gold tone goes with warm shades: a white shirt, a camel jumper, a beige dress or a summer tan. It sits well with other fine gold-toned chains, layered, or is worn alone for a plainer effect. Do you prefer it in silver? Its sterling silver version exists too.
Jadeite or nephrite
The word jade covers two distinct minerals: jadeite, often more translucent, and nephrite, tougher. On a disc of this pale green, the eye does not settle between the two, and a mounted stone cannot go on the scale: the record says so plainly. What sets them apart.
Wearing it, and keeping it beautiful
Take it off for the shower, the pool and sport: chlorinated water and sweat dull a gold-toned metal, and a fine chain does not like being pulled. Put on perfume and cream before the necklace, never after. A soft dry cloth is enough for the chain; for the disc, warm water and a mild soap. Never ultrasonic, never steam, never solvent. Store it flat, in its pouch, so the chain does not tangle. Care in detail.
Additional information
Stone
Jadeite or nephrite, not resolved
Colour
Water green
Stone shape
Pierced disc
Motif
No motif
Mounting
Chain
Metal
Gold tone, alloy not stated
Setting
Drilled stone
Worn by
Women
Paired stones
None, jade only
Mineral family
Calcic amphibole, Sodium aluminium pyroxene
Hardness (Mohs)
6 to 7
Reference density
2.90 to 3.36 g/cm³
Toughness
Exceptional, interlocking crystals
Treatment
Not determined
Origin
Outside Burma, country of extraction not confirmed
What tradition attributes to jade and gold
What follows changes register, and I flag it rather than blending it into the rest of the page. None of it is proven. These are customs and beliefs, old and documented, which I report because they are part of the history of this stone. No piece of jewellery in this shop is sold as a treatment, and I claim no effect for this one.
A stone of moral virtueIn Confucian thought, jade is associated with qualities of character rather than effects on the body: uprightness, constancy, restraint. It is the best documented meaning of them all.
The void that makes the objectThe Tao Te Ching observes that it is the void at the centre of the hub that makes the wheel turn, and the hollow of the vase that makes it useful. The hole in the disc is readily read that way: it is what makes the piece.
A union of gold and jadeIn Chinese, a "union of gold and jade" describes a perfectly matched couple. The phrase comes from Dream of the Red Chamber, the great novel of the eighteenth century, where a jade pendant and a gold amulet shaped like a lock answer each other.
The stone worn against the skinIn China, a jade disc is worn in contact with the skin, near the heart, rather than over the clothes. It is said to take on, little by little, the warmth of whoever wears it.
Dispatch within 48 hours of your order being confirmed, for delivery within 14 days from dispatch. I keep no stock in reserve, and I will not promise a date I could not meet.
Shipping Costs
€6.99 whatever the destination, free on orders over €47 to France, Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg. The exact amount is shown in your basket before you pay.
The Packaging, and Why It Matters
Every piece travels in its own pouch, kept apart from the others. This is not a question of presentation: the hardness of jade is unremarkable, between 6 and 6.5 for nephrite and 6.5 to 7 for jadeite, and the quartz in ordinary household dust sits at 7. Two pieces of jewellery that travel together arrive marked.
Fourteen Days to Change Your Mind
No need to give a reason. An email is enough to open a return; there is no form to fill in. Return postage is at your expense, unless the piece does not match its listing or arrives damaged.
Getting the size wrong is the most common reason for a return in this category, and jade cannot be resized the way a solid metal band can. Two minutes spent measuring almost always avoids it. The size guide.
Lukewarm water, mild soap, a soft cloth. A very soft brush for the hollows of a carving. That is all, and it is enough.
What You Must Never Do, and Why
No ultrasonic cleaners, no steam, no solvents, no heat source. This is not a precaution for show: the treatment status of my pieces is undetermined. My supplier does not know it, and weighing identifies the mineral without telling me anything about a possible resin impregnation. Resin withstands neither heat nor solvents, so every piece is handled as though it might contain some. The information sheet on treatments.
Scratches, and Where They Come From
Jade is tough, meaning very difficult to break: its structure of interlocking crystals resists cracking, and that is what made it usable for axe heads in the Neolithic. Its hardness, by contrast, is unremarkable, 6 to 6.5 for nephrite and 6.5 to 7 for jadeite. The quartz in ordinary household dust sits at 7: that is what dulls a jade, not knocks. The difference between the two.
Day to Day
Put the piece on after perfume and cream, never before. Take it off for housework, gardening and sport, where knocks against hard edges are common. Store each piece on its own, in its pouch. On a strand of beads, the thread wears out before the stone: it gets restrung, and there is nothing abnormal about that.
My name is Jade. French, from Morbihan, living in Tallinn. I choose the pieces and have them mounted: I mine nothing, I cut nothing, and the metalwork is not done by my hand. What I bring is the selection, and with this material that is what decides everything.
I am not a gemmologist, not a lapidary, not a therapist, and I do not claim to be.
I Weigh, I Do Not Certify
Before a listing goes online, I order one example of it for myself. When it reaches me unmounted, I weigh it in air, then suspended from a thread in a glass of water: the ratio of the two masses gives the density, and that figure separates jadeite, nephrite, serpentine and dyed quartzite without ambiguity.
One example per listing, and not every piece. I do not handle the piece that is sent to you, and I would rather write that down than let you believe otherwise. The method, with its three limits.
What I Cannot Know
The treatment status of my pieces. My supplier does not know it, and the scales do not tell me: they identify the mineral, not the resin impregnation. Only infrared spectroscopy in a laboratory would settle it, and I do not have that done. So you will never read “Grade A jadeite”, “Type A” or “untreated” on this site. The information sheet.
Where My Jade Comes From
No Burmese jadeite, and the first reason is legal. Not the one you read everywhere: the JADE Act of 2008 did ban these stones in the United States, but that ban was lifted on 7 October 2016. What applies today dates from 8 April 2021: the US Treasury sanctioned Myanma Gems Enterprise, the state company that controls the Burmese gem trade. So there is no blanket ban, but a US person is not allowed to trade with that entity, and a stone never tells you where it has been. A single supply chain serves ten markets, so it has to hold up in the most demanding of them. When an origin is not confirmed to me in writing, the listing does not state it. My origin charter.
