Classic

Five thousand years in fashion — the stone that never went out of style.

Jadeite · The Law of Presentation

Family: Pyroxene — NaAlSi₂O₆; the rarer, finer of the two jades
Hardness: 6.5–7, but the toughest gem of all against breakage
Colour: Imperial green is the standard; also lavender, white, red
Signature: Interlocking crystal grains make it nearly unbreakable

The stone read as the word

Jade was carved into blades before it was carved into jewels, and it has been the most valued stone in China for millennia without one interruption in taste. Classic means it survived every trend that came for it.

Its toughness is structural: interlocking fibrous grains, so a blow spreads instead of splitting. What lasts is built that way.

What it is carried for

Carried for the choices that will still be right in twenty years.
Held when she is building something meant to be inherited.