Fine jade bracelet set with high quality ‘glassy’ white and green jadeite cabochons and accented with diamonds in 18k.

The jade has a very fine grain crystal and is noted for its transparency.

In jadeite, this ‘玻璃种’ or glassy type is distinguished from mere icy or translucent jade.

Glassy jadeite has the topmost clarity in terms of transparency.

Specifically, these is icy white jade that displays an optical phenomenon known in the jade trade as ‘起莹光’ or luminescence.

Luminescence appears as a silvery white light moving through the jade cabochon. The phenomenon is not the reflection of light/lamp but pushed from within the stone.

If present, this phenomenon is mostly observed in top quality icy white jadeite, and less commonly in icy green jadeite.

“Every jade is unique”: this distinction becomes peculiar in high quality jade – each jade then becomes a specimen, looking like some other gemstone.

The two cabochons in the bracelet and ring look like the cleanest moonstones.

The jade is set in an open-back mount in the bracelet, clustered with round brilliant and rose cut diamonds.

The wee icy green jadeite gourds are glassy too, if you look closely there is the silvery white light moving through both gourds.

This is a dainty design, though the well-domed cabochon is not small, measuring 10mm by 11mm.

Diamonds weigh at least 1.5ctw.