The afternoon in Macao when I bought the malachite elephant was more years ago than I care to count now.
It was memorable for more than just my first encounter with malachite. That day I also enjoyed the hovercraft ride over from Hong Kong (fast but noisy) and saw bicycle rickshaws at close quarters for the first time.
I also enjoyed the beauty of the old Portuguese architecture and discovered lavender coloured jade, another gemstone I had not known existed.
Lavender jade is a type of hard and lustrous sodium aluminum silicate called jadeite, and is associated with Guan Yin, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy. According to Crystal Vaults, lavender jade soothes emotional pain and nourishes the spirit.
Image below: A Little Market
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