Fine Green Pakistani Nephrite Bangle, Natural Type A

One of the stronger stones in the collection: a clean, well-saturated green carried evenly around the whole ring, with a high polish and visible natural character rather than the flat uniformity of treated material. Carved from a single piece, seamless, with no metal anywhere in the bangle.

Measurements

• Inner diameter: 61.08 mm
• Width: 12.52 mm
• Thickness: 9.32 mm

Bangles are sized by inner diameter. Measure across the widest part of your hand with the thumb tucked in, and compare that to the diameter above to check the fit.

About Pakistani nephrite

Quarried in northern Pakistan, where the mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan hold some of the world's finest modern nephrite. The deposits worked around Shangla and the Swat-Kohistan belt yield a dense, fine-grained stone in deep spinach-to-forest greens, still recovered in small quantities and finished largely by hand.

• Nephrite, not jadeite. The two stones are both called jade, but nephrite is the tougher of the pair, with a softer and more oily luster.
• Toughness. Its interlocking fibrous structure makes it the most durable of the jades, built for daily wear.
• Type A, guaranteed. No dye, no polymer impregnation, no bleaching. Natural color, cut and polished only.

Each piece is one of a kind, so color and translucency vary slightly from the photos.