POLISHED CANADIAN JADE (NEPHRITE)

The Cassiar Mountains in far Northern British Columbia, Canada are renowned for their nephrite jade. The jade is then shipped all across the world in both its rough and polished form. In fact, roughly 90% of the jade on the world market is mined and supplied from northern British Columbia! Central to these Canadian jade mining operations is the tiny town of Jade City. Several mines are found in the steep mountains surrounding the town, but the most well known are the BC Jade mines, run by the local Bunce Family for over 40 years. Their mining operations have been the subject of the hit reality show Jade Fever