- When stones tell stories
Conscious choice
Not all jade is the same.
When people speak of jade, they often think of a single stone.
In reality, behind this name lie very different worlds.
Burmese green jade is jadeite, a rare and compact variety,
historically extracted in Myanmar, in a limited and hard-to-reach area.
This origin, together with its internal structure,
is what sets it apart from the more common jade, nephrite.
Jadeite does not captivate through brilliance.
It does so through density, through depth,
through a visual quality that seems to hold light
rather than reflect it.
For this reason, Burmese jade has always been considered a stone of value.
Not showy, but unmistakable to those who know how to look.
And this is no small detail:
knowing where a stone comes from
means understanding why it was chosen.
A piece of Italy, from Silvia Kelly to the world.
