When you visit Burma, located in southeastern Asia, you will feel in a paradise that once was hidden. The country still maintains intact the majority of its customs and its culture and philosophy are predominantly Buddhist.
Burma, also known as Birmania, attracts many travelers around the world, due to its wide variety of magnificent landscapes. Is an amazing nation, beautiful and rich in everything that a traveler can search: culture, landscapes, religion. However, one of its main sources of industrial economy is the jade. Burma became one of the largest producers of jade in the world and is the country that has more extensive deposits of the mineral.
The Jade market in Mandalay, called “Jade Market” is a fascinating place; a large maze puzzling, in which row after row, traders show their iridescent stones of jades arranged in large trays.
On the other hand, all the workers who handled the jade in its jadeite variety are regrouped together in a closed market, a kind of square with straight corridors, which include hundreds of workshops with a multitude of artisans that work with the gem.
This is where are manufactured the wristbands of rigid jade and jadeite highly sought-after by the Chinese and Asian clientele. It is true that jadeite of Burma is the most beautiful in the world, can be found in almost all colors; however, behind the emerald green, the mauve jade is highly sought after and also reaches high prices.
The Jade market celebrates the popularity of the rock and each year the official activities, organized by the State of Myanmar, beats the records in the volume and sales figures.
Similarly, many consider that the Burmese gems of the Mogok Valley are the best in the world, and are known for its high quality and by its high prices; in addition, it is estimated that more than half of the precious stones marketed in the world are drawn from this country.
The jade has been appreciated and known since antiquity, because they have been found around the world the most impressive utensils manufactured with this mineral. To this semiprecious stone has been assigned all kinds of virtues.
The green jade is the most appreciated when its color is natural and not enhanced or dyeing. There is a variety of hues, from an intense dark green, called the best green, up to shades of green with a brown hue.
The jade is a magical stone; a stone that prolongs life, its symbol of purity and wisdom is the best legacy that the universe has given to humanity. And everything can start in Burma.
Burma is such a magical place, no wonder this stone comes from it.