Jade

Few gemstones are at the heart of as many mysteries and legends as jade stone.
Jade still intrigues today,  by its nuanced color but also by its great resistance and soothing virtues.
Symbol of the  Chinese imperial dynasties, the Jade stone arrived in Europe at the end of the fifteenth century thanks to the Portuguese settled in Canton.
This mineral that adorns sculpted objects is then called piedra de ijada. This term will be translated as éjade when it was discovered by the French in the seventeenth century.
The prefix -é will eventually fade so that the name Jade became adopted internationally.