Jade has a wide range of colors, each with a different value ... The most expensive hues are Imperial Greens, Purples, and ...

Why? Because inside is jade … and if it’s the right color, you can strike it rich. “It’s like the ultimate gamble,” I told my guide Aul. “You buy a rock for $50, and it could be worth ...

Jadeite is more valuable, especially the rare and lustrous Imperial jade of deep emerald green ... a still lovely stone but without the range of color and luminosity typical of jadeite.

“The versatility and colors and fact that it has this almost ... including the prized variety known as “imperial jade” because, in China, only the emperor could own that specific shade ...

Traditionally, a semi-translucent, intense medium green colour of jade, called imperial jade, is most prized for jade bangles. Apple green jade is seen as a suitable, less expensive alternative to ...