JADE WEST

Jade West is one of the world's largest producer and exporter of Nephrite Jade, operating four mines located in Northern British Columbia, 100 miles east of the Alaskan Border. During a short summer mining season, when the area is free from snow, Jade West annually mines 100 tonnes of jade for export to China. Jade West is also the exclusive supplier of POLAR JADE, described by FRED WARD in the Lapidary Journal, November 1998, as "the newest, brightest, most translucent, greenest, hardest Nephrite yet discovered."... From National Geographic:The world's major nephrite production occurs across the Pacific, from the gigantic surface deposits of British Columbia by Fred Ward, JADE,September 1987, National Geographic Magazine. Jade West is one of the world's largest producer and exporter of Nephrite Jade, operating four mines locat

Also known as: Jade Mine Canada