Kickin with the Koalas is a fun piece that I've had in mind for a long time to make, and yesterday I said it's time. In 2008 we spent a month in Australia and had a great time. Most of the yellow Jade comes from the Queensland area and we spent a few weeks there.
This necklace is made with large, faceted, black Jet beads with Jasper bead spacers, and 2 yellow Jade squares, 2 yellow jade cones, and one round yellow Jade Disc. It is approximately 28" long and the center disc is 2".
What an eye catching and fun piece to wear and today it is so fashionable!

Jade Folklore and Healing Properties:
Jade is thought to protect the kidneys, liver, spleen, heart, larynx, thymus, and thyroid and strengthen the heart. It improves the immune system, helps cleanse blood and aids in eye disorders.
Ancient people thought that wearing jade would increase body strength and add longevity. Jade is an ancient symbol of love and virtue, clarity, modesty, courage, justice, wisdom, peaceful, nurturing and dispels negativity. It is also noted that jade is a powerful emotional balancer. The most interesting folklore is that jade protects the wearer and each crack in the stone represents one time that the stone saved the persons

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I am not a Gemologist or a Lapidary. Gemstones were identified at the time of purchase by the supplier. Any errors, discrepancies, or omissions are not intentional. All gemstone meanings, metaphysical properties and associated verbiage are not claims of fact but have been gathered from writing, books, folklore and various sources