“It is this beautiful symbol of life and wisdom and it’s different than any other stone in existence.” Ms. Lau is not alone in her devotion to jade, nor in her conviction that it stands ...

The stone of heaven, as it is known in China, is also fueling civil war between the Burmese military and ethnic Kachin guerrillas seeking self-rule. Jade comes in many hues, from the shade of a ...

What is Japan’s national stone? Jade. I’ll bet you didn’t know that. In fact, you probably didn’t know such a thing even existed. I didn’t. And what if I told you there was a place that ...

But there are actually sources of jade in continental Europe and, only a few years ago, in 2003 - so six thousand years after our axe head was made - the precise origin of the stone it was made ...