What does jadeite cost?
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There are two answers because there are two objects. Jadeite the gemstone — bangles, pendants, beads — ran to a median of $80.00 across 315 live in-stock US listings on 2 September 2026, with 137 of them at $100 or more. Jadite the green kitchen glass by McKee and Jeannette ran to a median of $129.95 across 45 listings, from $29.99 for a drawer pull to $439.95 for a cheese dish and cover.
One word, two markets
We pulled both spellings during this run and they return almost entirely different goods.
| “jadeite” | “jadite” | |
|---|---|---|
| Rows matched | 315 | 200 |
| What they mostly are | Jade jewellery | Jade jewellery, plus 45 rows of green kitchen glass |
| Dominant retailer | One resale marketplace, 289 of 315 | The same marketplace, 152 of 200 |
| Median | $80.00 | $75.00 jewellery / $129.95 glass |
| Range | $4.00 – $9,999.00 | $10.00 – $1,200.00 jewellery, $29.99 – $439.95 glass |
Method: CJ product API, US advertisers, in-stock only, keyword pull filtered to listing titles containing the term, de-duplicated by title and retailer, pulled 2 September 2026 during this run. Prices are what the retailer displayed at that moment and will move.
Jadeite is a genuine mineral — a pyroxene, one of the two minerals recognised as the gemstone jade, the other being nephrite. The green opaque American kitchen glass borrowed the look and, in the case of Anchor Hocking's Fire-King line, the name, spelled Jade-ite. Collectors of McKee and Jeannette glass write Jadite. Search engines and product catalogues do not know that these are different objects.
Mineral definition: the Wikipedia entry for Jadeite, read 2 September 2026.
Last verified 2 September 2026 against live CJ product-feed pulls on both spellings, covering 6,498 in-stock US listings and 515 matched and de-duplicated rows, taken during this run
The jewellery, priced
289 of the 315 rows came from one resale marketplace. That single fact governs everything else: prices are seller-set, every piece is one-of-one, and there is no catalogue behind the listing.
| Band | Rows of 315 |
|---|---|
| Under $25 | 39 |
| $25 – $99 | 139 |
| $100 and over | 137 |
Bangles — around $80
- The commonest single form in the pull and the closest thing to a market price in this category.
- Colour, translucency and whether the material has been treated all move the number, and none of them is checkable from a photograph.
Beaded necklaces and pendants — $90 to $328
- A lotus pendant necklace at $150.00 and a plain necklace at $328.00 sat in the same pull.
- Carved pieces — Buddhas, cabbages, peace symbols — run $60 to $285.
The top end — $695 to $2,799
- Earrings at $695.00 and a platinum jadeite and diamond necklace at $2,799.00 were the dearest genuine jewellery listings.
- One row read $9,999.00, which is the shape of a placeholder price as often as it is a real one. We have left it out of the medians discussion and mention it only so the maximum in our table is explained.
The glass, priced
This is the half of the market that people searching “jadeite glassware” actually want, and it is 45 rows deep, all from one replacement-china specialist.
| Piece | Maker | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Drawer/cabinet pull | Jeannette | $29.99 |
| Bread & butter plate | McKee Laurel | $39.99 |
| Dinner plate | McKee Laurel | $49.99–$59.99 |
| Creamer | McKee Laurel | $59.99–$79.95 |
| Egg cup | McKee | $69.95 |
| Pepper shaker with metal lid | McKee | $79.95 |
| Cereal bowl | McKee Laurel | $119.95 |
| Sunkist reamer | McKee | $139.95 |
| 9-inch mixing bowl | Jeannette | $139.95 |
| Spice jar & lid | Jeannette | $179.95 |
| Tea canister & lid | Jeannette | $249.95 |
| Child's creamer | McKee Laurel | $299.95 |
| Spice shaker with metal lid | McKee | $349.95 |
| Cheese & cover | McKee Laurel | $439.95 |
The pattern in that table is worth stating plainly: the kitchen pieces cost multiples of the tableware. A dinner plate is $49.99; a spice shaker is $349.95. Plates were made in quantity and kept in cupboards. Shakers were used daily, had metal lids that corroded, and were thrown away.
Why one marketplace holds nine listings in ten
289 of 315 jadeite rows and 152 of 200 jadite rows came from a single peer-to-peer resale marketplace. That concentration is not an accident of our sampling; it follows from what the goods are.
- Neither object has a manufacturer's catalogue. Carved jade is one-of-one by nature and the American glass makers closed decades ago. There is no brand feeding stock into retail.
- Peer-to-peer marketplaces are where one-of-one goods go. A conventional retailer needs repeatable inventory; a marketplace needs none.
- The exception proves the rule. The only non-marketplace source of real jadite glass in our pull was a replacement-china specialist — a business built specifically to hold single pieces of discontinued lines.
- It changes what a price means. A marketplace median is the middle of what sellers are asking, not the middle of what buyers have paid. We can measure the first and not the second, so that is what we have published.
For anyone linking to this category: every one of these listings is a single item and will sell. Treat the links as perishable, and check them rather than assuming.
What we did not verify
How to search this without wasting an afternoon
- Decide which object you want first. Stone or glass. The two markets share a word and nothing else.
- For the glass, search jadite and add a maker. McKee, Jeannette or Anchor Hocking. Without a maker you will be reading jewellery listings for an hour.
- For the glass, search the form too. Reamer, shaker, canister, mixing bowl. Form is what drives price in this category and it is what the catalogues index on.
- For the stone, treat every price as a seller's opinion. One-of-one resale listings have no catalogue behind them, and treatment and dyeing are not visible in a photograph.
- Expect the link to die. Both halves of this market are one-of-one stock. A jadite reamer sells once.
Frequently asked
What does jadeite cost?
It depends which jadeite you mean. Jade jewellery searched as 'jadeite' ran to a median of $80.00 across 315 live listings on 2 September 2026. Green kitchen glass searched as 'jadite' ran to a median of $129.95 across 45 listings.
Why do the two spellings give different results?
Jadeite is a mineral and the jewellery trade uses that spelling. Collectors of the green opaque kitchen glass settled on 'jadite', and the replacement-china catalogues follow them.
What is the most expensive jadeite in the pull?
A platinum jadeite and diamond necklace at $2,799.00, and one listing at $9,999.00. The glass topped out far lower, at $439.95 for a McKee Laurel cheese dish and cover.
Is cheap jadeite jewellery real jade?
We cannot tell from a listing, and neither can you. Jadeite is one of two minerals recognised as jade, but treated and dyed material is common and the listing photograph will not settle it. That is why we do not price authenticity here.
Which jadite glass pieces cost the most?
Small kitchen items, not tableware. McKee spice shakers with metal lids were $349.95 each and a Jeannette tea canister and lid $249.95, while dinner plates sat at $49.99 to $59.99.
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