Black Jade Necklace New Zealand

It is found in many countries around the world so many carvers use jade from australia or even canada when stocks of local stone are low.

Black jade necklace new zealand.

Unlike most of our new zealand competitors we have a proud history of being a new zealand based manufacturer employing new zealanders to produce products for sale in new zealand overseas and online. From shop sparklymonkeyco. We carve greenstone necklaces earrings bracelets rings and art based on maori design. This collection contains our wide selection of handcrafted new zealand jade jewellery.

We ve dedicated our lives to crafting pounamu necklaces and jewellery by hand here in new zealand. Largest range of jade products specialising in traditional nz designs. 4 5 out of 5 stars 292 292 reviews 40 00. We have pendants beads earrings bracelets bangles rings cufflinks charms keyrings and phone straps along with superb jade carvings and figurines for the jade lovers in new zealand and abroad.

Greenstone jade maori jewelry we spell it jewellery here in new zealand is maori designs created out of greenstone jade. New jade smooth shaped pendant gemstone worry thumb stone necklace corded crystal jewellery sparklymonkeyco. Nephrite jade ranges in colour from a very pale green to a very dark almost black jade. New zealand greenstone is called pounamu in the maori language.

Scroll down and you can view the individual jade necklaces and pendants that we have available for sale. New zealand jade is often referred to as greenstone or pounamu. Ariki also offers an extensive nephrite jade jewellery collection including kiwi brooches and maori jewellery pendants. In the featured artists galleries you will see some very unusual and unique designs including some very special pieces featuring rare and stunning examples of new zealand jade pounamu or greenstone along with some stunning and exotic bone pearl and other carvings or artworks.

It s a type of nephrite jade also found in canada and russia. We also sell international jade from around the world. It is known as cowell jade and comes in a range of colours from deep jet black through pale grey and a myriad of beautiful blue greens. Maori knew how to craft this hard rock into beautiful jewellery and implements.

We have a small range of gorgeous carvings hand made in new zealand. In 1965 black jade was discovered by a farmer on his property at cowell on the eyre peninsula in south australia.