{"title":"Wood Element Bracelets","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreen, growing, and the element of starting something. Wood materials are worn through new beginnings and long builds: green aventurine, jadeite, malachite, turquoise and sandalwood.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"green-aventurine-bracelet-the-wood-element","title":"Green Aventurine Bracelet - The Wood Element","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bracelet for the part of your life that is still growing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen aventurine belongs to the Wood element — the phase of the five-element system that governs growth, expansion and new beginnings. Wood is the energy of things pushing upward: seedlings, plans that are starting to work, careers that are finally moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Chinese practice Wood is also the element of free movement. In balance, decisions come easily and momentum builds on its own. Out of balance, everything feels like pushing a door that says pull.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy people wear it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStarting something.\u003c\/strong\u003e A new job, a move to a new city, a business that is still finding its footing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWhen progress feels stuck.\u003c\/strong\u003e Aventurine is the stone traditionally worn when you want less resistance and more forward motion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAfter a chart reading.\u003c\/strong\u003e If your BaZi chart favours Wood, this is one of the materials traditionally worn to support it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAs a daily green.\u003c\/strong\u003e Deep, even colour that sits close to jade without the jade price.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural green aventurine\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBeads\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRound, polished\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCord\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eElastic, knotted\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnisex, one size, fits most adult wrists\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e500 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-strung\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions we get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhich wrist should I wear it on?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTraditionally the left wrist draws energy in and the right wrist sends it out. For a stone about growth and opportunity, most people wear it on the left. There is no wrong answer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs the stone natural?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. These are natural aventurine beads, not dyed glass. Colour and translucency vary from bead to bead, and small internal inclusions are normal — that variation is how you can tell a natural stone from an imitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I know whether Wood is my element?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can check in about thirty seconds with the chart tool on our home page. Enter your birth date, time and city, and it will show your four pillars and which element your chart favours. If it comes back Wood, this is the bracelet that matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it fit?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cord is elastic and the bracelet is one size, which fits most adult wrists. If it arrives and does not fit, get in touch and we will sort it out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I wear it in water?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe would take it off first. Chlorine and salt dull the polish over time. Wipe it with a soft dry cloth after wearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWipe with a soft dry cloth. Keep away from perfume, chlorine and prolonged direct sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe explain charts; we don't sell predictions. A stone is a reminder you chose, not a promise of an outcome.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNIVERSTAR","offers":[{"title":"4mm","offer_id":50353565630656,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6mm","offer_id":50353565663424,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8mm","offer_id":50353565696192,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10mm","offer_id":50353565728960,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/3649\/4272\/files\/O1CN01UcjhrS29kbefXjm4g__2329878106_91a8977e-78b4-4b6d-9513-d8e60fa23795.jpg?v=1790584485"},{"product_id":"jadeite-bracelet-the-wood-element","title":"Jadeite Bracelet - The Wood Element","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo minerals share the name jade. This is the rarer one.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhite jade and jadeite are not the same stone. White jade is nephrite — the soft, fibrous mineral China has carved for thousands of years. Jadeite is a different mineral altogether: harder, glassier when polished, and far rarer, which is most of the reason it costs more. Almost all of the world's gem-quality jadeite comes out of Myanmar, and nowhere else has ever produced it in real volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis bracelet is pale green jadeite, which is the most wearable end of the range. The famous imperial green sits at the collector's end; pale green is the one you can put on every day without thinking about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJadeite belongs to the Wood element, and jade has the widest reputation of any material in Chinese practice — worn for protection, for relationships, and for keeping what you already have. There is an old saying that you raise the jade for three years and it raises you for a lifetime. It is not only poetry: jade takes on the natural oil of your skin, so the beads you wear every day slowly become more translucent than the ones you leave in a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy people wear it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFor a chart that favours Wood.\u003c\/strong\u003e The most recognisable Wood-element stone there is.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAs a keeper, not a chaser.\u003c\/strong\u003e Jade is the traditional stone for holding on to what you have built rather than chasing what you have not.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBecause it changes with you.\u003c\/strong\u003e One of the few stones here that visibly improves the longer you wear it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAs the one piece.\u003c\/strong\u003e If you are only going to own a single jade bracelet, this is the one people mean when they say jade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural jadeite\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePale green, translucent\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBeads\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRound, polished\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCord\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eElastic, knotted\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnisex, one size, fits most adult wrists\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-strung\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions we get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow is this different from your white jade bracelet?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey are different minerals, not two colours of the same thing. White jade is nephrite: softer, more matte, and the stone China carved for millennia. This is jadeite — harder, glassier when polished, and much rarer. If you are choosing between them, pick white jade for a quiet, matte finish and jadeite for depth and translucency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow can I tell it is real jadeite?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHold a bead up to the light. Good jadeite is translucent, and you should see some depth and a slight cloudiness inside rather than a flat, even colour. Jadeite also feels noticeably cold in the hand and warms slowly, where glass and plastic warm almost at once. If the colour is perfectly uniform and vivid at this price, be suspicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does treated jadeite mean?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe trade grades jadeite as A, B or C. A is untreated. B has been bleached and filled with polymer to improve clarity, and C has been dyed; both look flatter and glassier than natural stone. For anything expensive, a lab report is normal in this trade and any honest seller will answer the question directly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it chip?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJadeite takes daily wear well, but it is still a stone with a grain. Avoid knocking it against metal or tile, take it off for the gym, and store it separately rather than in a pile with other jewellery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I know whether Wood is my element?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can check in about thirty seconds with the chart tool on our home page. Enter your birth date, time and city, and it will show your four pillars and which element your chart favours. If it comes back Wood, this is the bracelet that matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWipe with a soft damp cloth and dry it. Jade is happiest worn — the oil of your skin is what gives it depth over time, so there is no need to polish or oil it yourself. Store it away from metal to avoid scratches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe explain charts; we don't sell predictions. A stone is a reminder you chose, not a promise of an outcome.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNIVERSTAR","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50361799016640,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/3649\/4272\/files\/O1CN01CF5ce01ql5KGJecZY__2220982805535-0-cib.jpg?v=1790660758"},{"product_id":"malachite-bracelet-the-wood-element","title":"Malachite Bracelet - The Wood Element","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn Chinese it is called the peacock stone. The bands are the reason.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalachite forms in thin layers inside copper ore, and the layers run from pale green through emerald to almost black. Cut a bead anywhere and you get a different slice across them. The Chinese name refers to the eyes on a peacock's tail, and once you have seen a strand of this up close it is hard to unsee it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt belongs to the Wood element, but to a different side of it than aventurine. Aventurine is the stone of forward motion. Malachite is the one worn at the end of something, in the gap before the next thing starts — when the work in front of you is clearing rather than building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt has been mined for copper for more than five thousand years and ground into green pigment in Egypt, Greece and China long before anyone thought to wear it. It is what copper becomes after the weather has been at it for a few million years, and it still carries that feeling: a stone that has already been through something.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also the softest stone we sell apart from amber, and it needs to be treated accordingly. That is covered under Care, and it matters more than anything else on this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy people wear it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAt the end of something.\u003c\/strong\u003e Malachite is the traditional stone for the gap between finishing and starting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBecause no two beads match.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every bead is a different slice across the layers, so the pattern never repeats.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIf your chart favours Wood.\u003c\/strong\u003e If your BaZi chart comes back Wood, this is one of the materials traditionally worn to support it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFor the darkest green there is.\u003c\/strong\u003e Teal, emerald and near-black in one strand. Nothing else here looks like it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNatural malachite\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBanded green, pale to near-black\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBeads\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRound, polished\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCord\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eElastic, knotted\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnisex, one size, fits most adult wrists\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-strung\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions we get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this natural malachite, or reconstituted?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA great deal of cheap malachite is reconstituted: malachite dust mixed with resin and pressed into beads. You can usually spot it because the banding looks soft and broken up instead of running in clean parallel lines, and the whole strand looks unnaturally even. Natural stone has crisp bands, and the direction of those bands changes from bead to bead. Ours is cut from solid stone, not pressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan I wear it in water?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNo, and this is the one thing worth remembering. Malachite is soft — around 3.5 on the hardness scale, softer than anything else we sell except amber — and it is a copper mineral, which means acid dulls it. Perfume, hairspray, sunscreen, hand sanitiser and lemon juice all count. Take it off before you wash your hands, shower or swim.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill it stay this shiny?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes, if you keep it dry and put it on last. The shine sits on the surface, so what dulls malachite is abrasion and acid rather than time. Store it in a pouch rather than loose in a jewellery box, where it will rub against harder stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is every bead different?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause malachite forms in layers and each bead is cut across them at a different angle. Some bands run straight through the middle of a bead, others curve around it. Two beads cannot match, which is either the best or the worst thing about this bracelet depending on what you wanted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I know whether Wood is my element?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can check in about thirty seconds with the chart tool on our home page. Enter your birth date, time and city, and it will show your four pillars and which element your chart favours. If it comes back Wood, this is the bracelet that matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it dry. Remove it before washing your hands, showering, swimming, exercising or applying perfume, sunscreen or hand sanitiser — malachite is a soft copper mineral, and both abrasion and acid dull it. Put it on last when you get dressed, and store it in a pouch away from harder stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe explain charts; we don't sell predictions. A stone is a reminder you chose, not a promise of an outcome.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNIVERSTAR","offers":[{"title":"4mm","offer_id":50361813631168,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"6mm","offer_id":50361813663936,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8mm","offer_id":50361813696704,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"10mm","offer_id":50361813729472,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12mm","offer_id":50361813762240,"sku":null,"price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/3649\/4272\/files\/O1CN01CcxxbQ1f8BxCWhV1K__2217613973961-0-cib.jpg?v=1790661807"},{"product_id":"turquoise-blue-bracelet-the-wood-element","title":"Turquoise Blue Bracelet - The Wood Element","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTurquoise was worn for protection for longer than anybody has been writing things down.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mines in Sinai were being worked for turquoise around 6,000 BC, which makes it one of the oldest stones anyone has ever dug out of the ground on purpose. It was set into amulets across Persia, Tibet and Central Asia long before anyone thought to polish it into beads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt belongs to the Wood element here. Of the two protective stones in this collection, obsidian is the one that blocks; turquoise is the older and quieter idea — a stone you keep on your body, where the carrying is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne plain thing before you buy. Almost all turquoise on the market has been treated or imitated, and this bracelet is no exception: it is natural stone, dyed to this colour. That is why the beads are so even and carry almost no matrix. We would rather say it here than have you find out after it arrives, and we explain what it means below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy people wear it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAs an amulet, in the oldest sense.\u003c\/strong\u003e Turquoise was carried for protection long before it was jewellery, in cultures that never met each other.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIf your chart favours Wood.\u003c\/strong\u003e If your BaZi chart comes back Wood, this is one of the materials traditionally worn to support it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFor the colour.\u003c\/strong\u003e Robin's-egg blue is the most recognisable colour in jewellery, and nothing else in this collection comes near it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBecause it is the calm one.\u003c\/strong\u003e A strong blue that reads as cool rather than loud — the easiest of the bright colours to wear every day.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBlue stone, dyed\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTurquoise blue\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBeads\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRound, polished\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCord\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eElastic, knotted\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnisex, one size, fits most adult wrists\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e60 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-strung\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions we get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs this real turquoise?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot in the sense you probably mean. Natural, untreated turquoise almost always carries matrix — the brown or black host rock it grew in — and a strand this clean and this evenly coloured would cost hundreds rather than tens. This is natural stone dyed to the colour, which is how most turquoise-blue jewellery in the world is made. If you want genuine natural turquoise, expect to pay several times more and ask for a lab report; that is a normal thing to ask for in this trade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I tell natural turquoise from dyed?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatrix is the thing to look at. Real turquoise has irregular brown or black veins of host rock running through it, and no two stones carry the same pattern. Dyed stone is either perfectly clean and uniform, or it carries dark lines that look too even and too sharp. Then look at the drilled hole: on dyed stone it is usually darker than the surface, because that is where the colour collects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWill the colour come off?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell-dyed stone does not come off in normal wear. It is worth keeping it dry anyway, because turquoise itself is porous and takes up whatever it touches — skin oil, sunscreen, perfume. That is also why real turquoise traditionally shifts greener over years of wear. On dyed stone you will mostly just see the colour soften very slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is turquoise worn as an amulet?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause it is one of the oldest ones. The Sinai mines were being worked around 6,000 BC, which is before writing, and turquoise turns up in Persian, Tibetan, Central Asian and Native American traditions independently. It is one of the very few stones that several unrelated cultures decided meant protection without ever having met.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I know whether Wood is my element?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can check in about thirty seconds with the chart tool on our home page. Enter your birth date, time and city, and it will show your four pillars and which element your chart favours. If it comes back Wood, this is the bracelet that matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it dry. Turquoise is soft and porous — softer than agate or quartz, and it absorbs whatever it touches. Take it off before washing your hands, swimming, or applying sunscreen and perfume, and put it on last when you get dressed. Wipe with a soft dry cloth and store it in a pouch away from harder stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe explain charts; we don't sell predictions. 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Green sandalwood is what carried over: dense, oily, and heavier in the hand than you expect wood to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not a true sandalwood — the name is a trade name for a dense tropical hardwood rather than the incense tree. What it does have is a faint, dry scent that fades as it ages, a warmth to the touch that stone never has, and a colour that keeps moving: it starts olive-brown and turns greener as it is exposed to light and handled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt belongs to the Wood element by nature rather than by classification, and it is the least formal thing we sell. No polish, no shine, no colour to match. This is the bracelet for people who say they do not wear jewellery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy people wear it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBecause it is wood, not stone.\u003c\/strong\u003e Warm to the touch, light on the wrist, and the opposite of formal. It is the one that people who do not wear bracelets end up keeping on.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBecause it changes with handling.\u003c\/strong\u003e Green sandalwood takes on colour where your hands go, and goes greener in the light. It ends up looking like yours rather than like the photograph.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIf your chart favours Wood.\u003c\/strong\u003e If your BaZi chart comes back Wood, this is one of the materials traditionally worn to support it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAs the oldest form.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wooden beads were strung in China centuries before the first gemstone bead, and this is the only piece in the collection from that side of the tradition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eGreen sandalwood\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColour\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOlive-brown, greening with age\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBeads\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRound, polished\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eAccent\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eOne red spacer bead and one carved bead\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCord\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eElastic, knotted\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFit\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eUnisex, one size, fits most adult wrists\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e50 g\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-strung\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eQuestions we get\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs it really sandalwood?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name is a trade name rather than a botanical one. True sandalwood is a different tree, and the sweet incense smell people expect from the word is not what this is. Green sandalwood is a dense tropical hardwood, and the scent it carries is faint, dry and fading rather than sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy is it called green if it looks brown?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause that is where it goes. Fresh-cut green sandalwood is olive-brown, and it turns greener as it is exposed to light and handled. Wear it for a year and compare it with the day it arrived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan it get wet?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it out of water. Wood takes on moisture and gives it off again, and repeating that cycle is what eventually splits a bead. Take it off for the shower and the pool, and if it does get soaked, dry it with a cloth rather than letting it sit damp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I tell whether a wooden bracelet is really this wood?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeight, mostly. Green sandalwood is one of the densest woods used for beads and it sinks in water. If a bracelet sold as green sandalwood feels light and hollow, it is a different timber. Ours is noticeably heavier than it looks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat are the two accent beads?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne red spacer and one small carved bead, in the way these are traditionally strung. Message us before ordering if you need to know exactly what they are — and if you are shipping outside your own country, it is worth checking your local import rules for carved jewellery, since some materials used for small carved beads are restricted in some places.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow do I know whether Wood is my element?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can check in about thirty seconds with the chart tool on our home page. Enter your birth date, time and city, and it will show your four pillars and which element your chart favours. If it comes back Wood, this is the bracelet that matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeep it away from water, including the shower and the pool, and out of prolonged direct sun, which dries wood out. Wipe it with a dry cloth. 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