These guides do two things and nothing more. They explain general jadeite knowledge that any careful buyer can verify elsewhere, and they set out the naming and disclosure rules we hold ourselves to. They are not appraisals, and nothing here is a claim about a specific piece.
Start with jadeite translucency and color, which maps the Chinese trade vocabulary onto the plain-English names we use, and explains why terms like High-Icy or Lavender are descriptions rather than laboratory grades. Natural jadeite vs treated jadeite covers what the A, B and C labels mean in the trade, the usual treatments behind them, and why we publish only what we can show. The jade ring size guide walks through measuring at home and what to check before ordering a cabochon ring.
For looking after a piece once it arrives, see the jade care notes. To see the pieces themselves, with their studio photographs and bench video, visit the shop.
- Jadeite Translucency and Color — Icy, High-Icy, Glassy and Lavender Explained
What icy, high-icy, glassy, glowing and lavender actually mean in the jadeite trade, how we render each term in English, and why they describe a stone rather than grade it.
- Natural Jadeite vs Treated Jadeite — What Type A Means and How to Tell
Type A, B, C and B+C explained: what each treatment does to a stone, what the eye and the laboratory can each tell you, and what an honest listing should and should not claim.
- Jade Ring Size Guide — How to Measure and What to Ask Before Ordering
How US ring sizes work, two ways to measure at home, how knuckles and seasons change the answer, and the wearing notes that matter for a bezel-set cabochon on an S925 silver band.