What makes one jade bangle $400 and another $17,000? 💚✨ The $400 piece has beautiful, vibrant green color (as we all know, it's a desirable color in jade), but you can see a coarse texture and a large natural line running through it—both big factors that bring value down. The higher-end piece, on the other hand, shows fine, smooth texture, rich saturation, and strong translucency. Those three elements together are what push jadeite into premium territory. Color translucency texture = the founda