Journal

Stories about natural jade, how our pieces are made, and why we started Luzari.

Forearm wearing a dark green jade Cuban bracelet resting on a timber railing above a beach

Care

Can you wear jade every day? Shower, gym, sea and sleep

Can you shower in jade? Swim in it? Sleep in it? Will it change colour or break if you drop it? Straight answers to the questions people ask before they wear jade every day.

3 min read

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Man at a cafe table wearing a dark jade Cuban bracelet on one wrist and a steel watch on the other

The stone

Can anyone wear jade? Men, first-timers and the culture question

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Raw block of jade with a polished face beside a finished dark green jade Cuban bracelet on a carver's bench

The stone

Why is jade so expensive? (And why some is suspiciously cheap)

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Blue-green jadeite Cuban bracelet on slate surrounded by green stones often sold as jade

The stone

Jadeite, nephrite and the stones sold as jade that aren't

3 min read
Green jade Cuban link bracelet on a gemmologist's desk with a refractometer, UV torch and loupe

Buying guide

Type A, B and C jade: what the letters mean

3 min read
Dark green jade Cuban link bracelet on a jeweller's felt pad with a loupe and a small torch

Buying guide

How to tell if jade is real (and which home tests to ignore)

5 min read
Raw jade, a cut blank, a rough link, a polished link and a finished jade bracelet in a row

The making

How it's made

3 min read
Dark green jade Cuban link bracelet on a wrist, hand on a steering wheel

Our story

The Luzari story

2 min read
Green jade Cuban link bracelet resting on a raw block of jade

The stone

Why choose jade?

3 min read