With all the gemstones in the
world you wouldn’t think we’d run into that many duplicate state gemstones, but
alas…….
Having the second largest
deposit of Jade in the world, it kind of makes sense that Jade would become the
representing gemstone of our 49th and largest state, Alaska. But as I mentioned we’ve covered Jade in an
earlier entry (See Wyoming, Bead 14) so I’ll skip the unique properties of this
rich and protective stone and tell you about the Jade Mountain.
Found in the Far North Region of
Alaska, on the Seward Peninsula, the truth is there is little to learn about
the, inaccessible by road, Jade
Mountain, save that it is
entirely made up of Jade.
I expected to find tales of
gnomes and ogres, fairies and trolls or at least a tall tail about a Russian
nesting doll come to life (since you can see Russia from the back yard). But no brilliantly woven tales were to be found. Not even an Eskimo whale story. So I am left, as are you, to my own devices to
imagine the tale of the famous (fill in your own mythological or fairy-tale
creature) that did something, that angered someone, who imprisoned someone in
the illusive Jade
Mountain. Or better yet a giant elf turned to Jade by
an evil witch. And Jade Mountain
is actually the elf hat reaching up to the sky.
How far we can roam……
The
addition of Jade to the necklace will bring increased energy, reduce stress,
and attract good luck and friendship.
(But does little for the imagination.)
Alaska legislated Jade to
be the official state gemstone in 1968.
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