1. Sizing is solved before you order. Most of our rings use an adjustable open band, eased once to fit and then left alone. Ring sizing is the single biggest reason jewellery gets returned online, and an adjustable band covering several sizes removes the guesswork entirely. Where a ring is a fixed size or a solid jade band, we list the exact size — because a solid jade ring can never be resized, and no seller should let you discover that afterwards.
2. The stone is carved, not just set. This is what separates this collection from most jade rings sold online. A plain cabochon dropped into a metal mount is the easy version: the stone needs no shaping beyond a dome, and the design lives in the metal. Our rings do the opposite — a dragon cut into blue-green jadeite, a lotus opened in nephrite, a rope twist or water ripple sculpted into the band itself, a Pixiu carved small enough to sit on a finger. Carving a ring-sized stone means working on a curved surface with no margin for correction, and it is why a carved jade ring costs more than a set one of the same material — and why so many "carved" rings elsewhere are moulded resin.
3. We buy our own rough, at both sources. Our jadeite comes from Hpakant in northern Myanmar, where our founder has been buying rough since 2016; our nephrite is Hetian jade from the Kunlun Mountain belt in southern Xinjiang. Every piece is then cut, carved and set in our Kunming workshop — not bought finished from a wholesaler's tray on someone else's word about what it is. More about how BMjade started.
4. Natural and untreated — in the terms proper to each stone. The two jades are graded by different systems, and we describe each correctly rather than borrowing one label for both.
- Jadeite uses the Type A / B / C classification. Type A means natural and untreated: no acid bleaching, no polymer or resin impregnation, no dye. We do not stock Type B, Type C or B+C at any price.
- Nephrite has no Type A / B / C system — that classification belongs to jadeite alone, and any seller applying it to nephrite is guessing. Our nephrite is described the way the material is actually graded: natural and untreated, with its colour, texture and origin stated. The treatments that do occur in nephrite are dyeing and wax coating, and we stock neither.
5. The setting is built to protect the stone. A ring takes more impact than any other piece of jewellery — door frames, desks, steering wheels. That makes construction quality a durability question, not a style one. The seam where jade meets metal should read as one clean line, with the bezel pressing evenly all the way around and no adhesive bead squeezed out along the edge. We build to that standard and photograph it, so you can see the join before you buy.