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BRITISH
COLUMBIA JADE AND GEMSTONE CARVINGS
Jade carving is a
painstaking and exacting art form. A carver must first
"discover the heart of the stone" or, find the strengths
and beauty of the stone in terms of color, clarity and patterning.
Due to its toughness,
cutting Jade is an extremely arduous process. Fibrous in structure
it cannot be cut with tools (such as chisels). It must be ground
using very sharp abrasives such as diamonds.
Our
team of artisans work with one of a kind pieces taken to completion
by one individual artisan from start to finish.
The
carvings at Gemstone & Co., Ltd. are made in our own Hung
Kown Precious Stone Art Factory. It is located in the
Shunde Daliang District - Daliang, Shunde, Guandong, China.
All carvings are signed by the artisan upon completion of the
project.
Nephrite Jade is a
silicate of calcium and magnesium. Historically, Jade
is a stone revered by the Chinese for more than 5,000 years.
This stone was used by prehistoric man for tools, weapons and
utensils. Colors of Nephrite Jade range from pure white
to all shades of green.
The world's major
nephrite productions occurs across the Pacific from gigantic
surface deposits of British Columbia.
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