Pounamu stones from New Zealand / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

November 12, 2026 9:51pm CST

The photo shows an advertisement for objects made from pounamu stone (also spelt ‘poenamu’). It’s a collective name for several types of hard stone found in the South Island of New Zealand. The most common in nephrite jade. The stone is highly valued by Maoris and regarded as cultural treasures. Jade is formed from jadeite and nephrite. New Zealand nephrite contains varying amounts of iron and this accounts for the range of shades, the richness of the green colouring and the translucency. I’m sorry now that I didn’t get a photo of the various pounamu jewellery available but we’ll have to make do with the examples in the photo.

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nawala

@nawala123 (25829)

• Indonesia

in indonesia many stone lovers and they pay it at high price. such stone give the owenr some particular feeling

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (391462)

• Rockingham, Australia

People like their jewellery and special stones.

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nawala

@nawala123 (25829)

• Indonesia

@JudyEv and diamond is stone too

snowy

@snowy22315 (215012)

• United States

Looks very intersting

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (391462)

• Rockingham, Australia

They're quite unusual-looking to me.

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snowy

@snowy22315 (215012)

• United States

@JudyEv They look a bit like a cross of agate and maybe abalone.

rsa101

@rsa101 (42314)

• Philippines

That is a beautiful stone. I wonder how much they cost there, as they seem to be considered precious. I also have a lovely stone from Colorado as a memento of my stay, though it isn’t as expensive as this one.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (391462)

• Rockingham, Australia

I'm sorry I didn't pay more attention to the stones that were for sale. I don't remember how much they cost.

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George B Vieto

@Deepizzaguy (126727)

• Lake Charles, Louisiana

The images of the pouname stone look great.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (391462)

• Rockingham, Australia

I thought so too. The green is a pretty colour.

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109531)

• Los Angeles, California

And you have precious opal down under.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (391462)

• Rockingham, Australia

Yes, we do have lovely opals. We went to the opal fields on one of our trips.

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Michael

@Wrexxo (11174)

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the way iron changes the green shades in nephrite is so cool, i never knew that... I'd love to see one in person, it's giving museum piece vibes tho tbh

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (391462)

• Rockingham, Australia

They are very pretty and a lovely shade of green.

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Nawsheen

@Nawsheen (29008)

• Mauritius

I would be more interested in learning how the stones are found and how they are turned into jewellery. I imagine some pieces must take quite a long time to make.

Judy Story

@jstory07 (150325)

• Roseburg, Oregon

Those sure are beautiful stones.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (391462)

• Rockingham, Australia

I thought so too.

Anna

@LadyDuck (505705)

• Italy

Those carved stones look beautiful. That would be a beautiful and unique gift.