jade beads
Ornamental green spheres
Jade beads are small, rounded pieces of jade—a green ornamental stone—pierced for stringing into jewelry or decorative items.
Jade has been prized for millennia in Chinese and Mesoamerican cultures, making jade beads significant in both ancient artifacts and contemporary jewelry: She wore a strand of jade beads that had belonged to her grandmother.
- nephriteSilicate mineral, greenish
- jadeiteHarder true jade mineral
- carvedCut to create form
- greenColor of vegetation
- stoneSolid earth fragment
necklace · strung · silk cord · polished · smooth · cool · ancient · Chinese · Mayan · amulet · lucky charm · pendant · translucent · milky · imperial · burial · ornament · bracelet
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