Black Jade incense burner with 7 artfully hand-engraved chakra symbols!

Jade is the common name for two minerals that are used as gems: jadeite and nephrite. There is also fake jade in the economic circuit. This is worth less than real jade. The two can be distinguished from each other because real jade changes color over a long period of time when it has been in contact with human skin for years. Jade has many different colors: green, brown, black or cloud white, from very light to very dark. Like soapstone and chalcedony, Jade has been sharpened and processed by the Chinese for thousands of years. Jade was originally used as a tool, but came into fashion as a jewel during the Han Dynasty. The only place where nephrite is found in China is in Sinkiang around the city of Khotan. In Chinese culture, only processed jade is seen as valuable. A lump of raw jade is therefore of lesser value. In the Sanzijing it is mentioned as a comparison with education: "If one does not polish jade, it is not a precious thing. If a person does not learn, his life makes no sense, because he does not know the norms, values ​​and respect of life and will therefore never become talented "(玉不琢不成器 人 不 學 不知 義). Jade is seen as a valuable stone that repels evil forces. If you wear a piece of jade for a long time on your body, for example on a piece of red thread around your neck, you will see that the jade changes color slowly. During the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the medals were equipped with jade.