Jade is the name of a gemstone. It is very precious and has unique symbolic energy. There are many myths surrounding it. It is usually green, but is also available in shades of white, grey, black, yellow, and orange and in delicate violet tones. Man has known about this stone since 7000 years ago. It takes a high polish. It is made out of two different things called nephrite and jadeite.
In 3000 BC jade was known in China as 'yu', the 'royal gem'. It is also a sacred stone in China, as it is known to be worn for promoting longevity and ensuring prosperity for future descendants. It is believed that in ancient Egypt, jade was admired as the stone of love, inner peace, harmony and balance. Its present name is derived from Spanish term 'piedra de ijada'. This stone is often used to cure kidney ailments.
The name Jade is of Spanish origin and refers to the semi precious green stone, jade which was reputed in ancient times to be magical and was believed to cure diseases of the intestines.
The name Jade is Chinese and it means LOVE. Some people would choose this name because of the meaning, I my self has a cousin called Jade. The name Jade is a colour and the colour is GREEN. The colour green isn't fully green it's like a bluee green, however it's more green than turquoise. The name Jade is a GEMSTONE. As you can see there are three reasons and when you put them all together, the name Jade means a Green Gemstone and people Love famous stones. I hope that help. :P
A decorative stone, jade is usually applied to two diverse rocks which are created from diverse silicate mineral. Nephrite jade comprises of calcium-and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral actinolite.
The rock jadeitite comprises chiefly of jadeite, which is a sodium- and aluminium-rich pyroxene. The English term 'jade' comes from the Spanish word piedra de ijada or "loin stone", where as 'Nephrite' comes from lapis nephriticus, which is the Latin description of the Spanish piedra de ijada, coz both were applied by Stone and Bronze Age cultures for identical reasons.
They are as tough as quartz, brilliantly coloured and can be carefully coloured and skilfully shaped; during the 19th century French mineralogist determined that "jade" was in fact made up from two diverse substances. Jade is the formal gemstone of British Columbia
Here is an interesting excerpt translating the name Jade in Chinese:
" Jade in Chinese is pronounced as ‘Yu’.... The concept of Yu is usually misunderstood .... Yu could be more accurately translated as a precious or ornamental rock. Yu is seldom used to define true jade. Many girls in ancient China were named jade by their parents to express their love for their children. A story is told of one of the four beauties who was a favorite concubine to Emperor Xuanzong durring the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Her name was Yang Yuhuan, Yuhuan translates simply to ‘jade ring’ in Chinese."
The name (a noun for a hard ornamental stone) comes from Spanish "ijada", meaning "flank" (or animal, due to its casual similarity). As for the stone itself, there are two main groups of types of jades (whose colours vary from white to dark green, many being really so beautiful), one having first been found in Guatemala, Central America, and other in Burma, Southern Asia, there existing some in ancient China as well as in New Zealand.
