Jade Soaprock

Information about the Jade Soaprock:

Handmade in the U.S.A. Each soaprock is a unique work of art.

Size: Full Bath Size - about 5" x 4" x 2.5"
Approximate Weight: 6oz.
Fragrance: Cucumber Melon Spice


Some facts about Jade:

The stone known as Jade is actually two different stones, Jadeite and Nephrite. For centuries, the stones were thought to be the same, but with the advent of crystallography, scientists discovered that though they both contained Silica in their chemical compositions, Nephrite contained magnesium and Jadeite contained Aluminum. Because they are close in chemical composition and both serve the purposes for which they are used, so most people continue to refer to both of them as Jade. Of course, geologists, mineralogists and jewelers are sure to distinguish between the two stones because Jadeite is rarer and hence more valuable than Nephrite.

Jadeite is rarely found in its original geological environment; most specimens are found in river gravels and boulders. It forms in zones that have experienced the extreme forces of continent to continent contact. In theses collisions, Albite loses a SiO2 molecule to form a Quartz and Jadeite.

Although famous for its green, pure jade is actually white, with impurities forming green, red, yellow, pink, white, violet, orange, blue-green and brown. Jadeite is usually more vivid in color than Nephrite. Jadeite is the only one of the two that produces the highly prized emerald green Jade called Imperial Jade. Jadeite gets this emerald color from chromium. Other colors are also formed from impurities. Brown indicates the presence of iron and Violet, manganese.