Presentation :

Names) : 

• Jadeite* / Jade-jadeite / "Jade": Imperial Jade, Chloromelanite, Albite-jadeite, Lavender Jadeite.

Etymology: 

• Jadeite: From the Spanish pietra de ijada = stone against kidney pain (Damour, 1863) | Jade: Term grouping together two minerals of different natures but visually similar: Jadeite and Nephrite.

Group, Family: 

• Pyroxene Group.

Color : 

• White, Greyish, Light Green (Albite-jadeite: Light Green), Apple Green, Green, Yellowish Green, "Cottony" Mixture of White and Green, Dark Green (Imperial Jade), (Dark Green and Black: Chloromelanite), Red-Brown, Yellow, Dark Yellow, Brown, Dark Magenta to Light Violet (Lavender Jadeite), Blackish, sometimes Shimmering.

Chandelier: 

• Glassy.

Origin : 

• Myanmar, Japan, Kazakhstan, China, Russia, Guatemala, United States, Italy, Burma, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand.

Crystal system: 

• Monoclinic.

Chemical composition: 

• Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6 | Coloration: Green: Chromium in the form Cr3+ in octahedral coordination | Yellowish-green: Iron in the form Fe3+ in octahedral coordination | Purple: Iron in the form of charge transfer Fe2+ - O - Fe3+, etc.

Transparency: 

• Opaque to Translucent.

Density : 

• 3.21 to 3.36 | Albite-jadeite: 2.46 to 3.15 | Chloromelanite: 3.3 to 3.6.

Hardness: 

• 6 to 7.

Cleavage: 

• Imperfect to good.

Break: 

• Fragile Splinter.

Line color: 

• White.

Impact resistance: 

• Very good.

Heat resistance: Poor.

• Bad: Fuse.

Properties, benefits and virtues:

Virtues on the physical level:

• Treats fever.
• Helps eliminate the effects of the flu.
• Treats migraine.
• Treats dizziness and discomfort.
• Treats asthma.
• Beneficial for vision and soothes tired eyes (apply a jade to each eyelid to help decongest them.)
• Limits sweating problems
• Helps eliminate toxins from the body.
• Treats kidneys, eliminates kidney stones, renal colic, reduces incontinence, especially for nephrite jade.
• Treats cystitis.
• Balances body fluids and water-salt/acid-alkaline levels.
  
• Treats herpes, shingles or eczema.
• Promotes pregnancy when fertilization does not occur.
• Treats menstrual problems, especially in cases of premenstrual syndrome, and soothes pain during this period.
• Promotes fertility.
• Strengthens the heart, circulatory system and nervous system.
• Regulates blood pressure. 
• Restores balance to the cellular and skeletal system.
• Treats sciatica pain, lumbago, back pain, lower back pain, and all back pain.
• Accelerates the healing of sutures.

Virtues on the psychological, emotional and mental level:

• Stone of charity, modesty, courage, justice and wisdom.
• Represents honesty in all aspects related to power.
• Helps overcome challenges.
• Brings temperance.
• Relieves nervousness.
• Brings tolerance.
• Promotes self-confidence.
• Gives objectivity to judgment.
• Instills a feeling of peace and serenity in its wearer.
• Promotes compassion and exchange.
• Promotes emotional release.
• Helps to intensify feelings of love.
• Brings balance and opens up to negotiation.
• Chases away feelings of guilt
• Promotes openness to others.
• Brings prosperity in all areas.
• Makes dreams more intuitive.
• Chase away negative thoughts.
• Treats schizophrenia.

Virtues on the spiritual level:

• Awakening to hidden knowledge.
• Stone of spirituality, helps to increase the level of consciousness.
• Helps align body and mind.
• Allows and promotes the practice of meditation.
• Allows for better connection to higher planes.
• Promotes anchoring.

Environmental benefits:

• Jade ideally placed in one's living space or business will bring prosperity and luck in all areas of life and business by helping us make the right and good choices.
• It will also bring harmony and promote sincere, peaceful and friendly relationships.

Chakra:

• Master Heart Chakra, 4th Ch.

Elixir (s):

• A jade elixir (directly made) will effectively treat mouth ulcers, gingivitis, etc. as a mouthwash. (For Jade-Jadeite, it is advisable to prepare the elixir using the indirect method, due to its aluminum content, to avoid any risk of poisoning.)

Cleaning, recharging, reprogramming:

• Clean with clear spring water or filtered water (never add salt to the water. Salt alters the structure of the mineral and the abyss). Soak the mineral overnight in an unmarked glass container, then take it out in the morning to rinse it with fresh spring or filtered water.
• Direct charging on a crystal or amethyst druse, in a crystal or amethyst geode. You can also place a dozen laser crystals or rocks in a circle (like a time dial), points towards the center, and place your minerals in the center to charge them. Another method is to place your minerals in a singing bowl: Tibetan or crystal bowl, (on a cotton cloth to avoid bowl/mineral vibrations), then ring the bowl to fill your minerals with this sound energy. Last method is to place your minerals on a disc (wood or mineral) engraved with the flower of life or the seal of Solomon or any other form of sacred geometry.
• Reprogramming: Reprogramming is not about telling your mineral what to do or not to do, but about putting the mineral in resonate with you to ask it to do what it needs to do, for you. Reprogramming must be done after each cleansing and must remain simple. Example of reprogramming: "I ask this mineral to bring me all the virtues and benefits on the different levels, for my greater good as well as for the greater good of the people around me."

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