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This White Jade hand-carved Cat 69*46*111mm weighs 466g. It is a wonderful example of this stone from Pakistan. It was sourced locally and artisan carved exclusively for us by Lawrence Handicrafts.

Jade is a traditional good luck stone, bringing wealth and abundance. Jade is used to refer to two different minerals, Nephrite and Jadeite. Some green stones, such as Aventurine, are also sometimes referred to as jade.

Nephrite is a calcium magnesium silicate. It rings like a bell when struck hard. It is commonly pale to dark green with yellowish hues. These hues can also be white, grey, brown, and black.

Chakra: Crown Chakra

Colour: brown, grey, green, yellow, white

Emotional: anger, calming, depression, inner peace, joy, love, patience, relationships

Mental/intellectual: creativity, peace of mind, thinking processes

Spiritual: abundance, access to spiritual realm, astral travel, connection with nature, counteracts karmic influences, dreams, harmony, peace, prosperity, protection, relegates evil spirits, transmutation

Astrology: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Libra

Numbers:1, 5, 9, 11

Crystal system: monoclinic

Location: Nephrite: New Zealand, also Australia, Canada, China, Pakistan, Russia, USA (Alaska and Wyoming), Zimbabwe

Rarity: rarer

Mineral Class: Nephrite: Actinolite