12x9-16x9mm Turkish Purple Jade Plain Freeform Beads 8 inch 27 pieces

Turkish Purple Jade plain freeform slice beads have a waxy luster, large top drilled plain beads have an approximate 2-4mm depth on the opaque body with external characteristics. These Jade gems show a deep lavender hued body with a smoothly polished body in a very usable shape and size.

Turkish Purple Jade, also known as “Turkiyenite”has been used as a gemstone is the 80’s and is only found in the Bursa Region of Turkey. It has also been thought that the Turkish government consider it the be a “National Heritage Stone”. Traditional gemstone jades are usually pure jadeite or nephrite with trace minerals which provide the color, but Turkish Jade has been tested and shown to have between 40% to 60% jadeite with an unknown combination of minerals that supply the color. The base colors vary from greyish purple to a deep, rich purple with a mottled appearance.