Beware of 'B Jade!'

Unfortunately, many jade sellers on the internet are selling treated jadeite as "natural." Additionally, many sellers sell dyed green quartz and other jadeite simulants as "natural jadeite jade."

You can learn more by watching this video here:

Natural 'A Jade' (jadeite) is tough, rare, and valuable.

'B Jade' is brittle, common, and has little value. It can even leak acid onto the wearers skin! By definition, B Jade has been acid-bleached and impregnated with polymer, wax, or resin.

Who can you trust?

Where can you buy natural jadeite aka fei cui?
For jadeite jade we recommend shopping with:

Mason-Kay Jade has been the leading supplier of natural jadeite jade jewelry in the US since 1976. They test every piece in-house and offer a guarantee that it is natural and untreated jadeite jade. "Natural," according to AGTA standards, means untreated. This means the jade has not been bleached, dyed, or impregnated with polymer, wax or resin.

For nephrite jade, we recommend shopping with these sellers:

Jade West is the leading supplier of nephrite jade in the world.

Just In Jade is a carver and diver in California, selling the state's beautiful Big Sur Jade in the form of palm stones, earrings, and carvings.

Freshwater Jade is a jade carver and rough supplier based in Wisconsin, specializing in Maori-style carvings of nephrite from Siberia, Canada, Indonesia and more.