These stylish greenstone drop pendants in a beautiful mid-green pounamu feature a leaf motif. Available in silver or gold. All of our jad pieces are genuine NZ greenstone (pounamu) which is Nephrite Jade, finely cut, and highly polished.

Pendant Length 60mm
Sterling Silver or 9ct Gold
The gold pendant does not include a chain but gold chains can be sold separately on request
Available in other metals on request. Contact us for a quote
Handmade in our Nelson workshop
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Would you like a different shape or design? Feel free to contact us and we can create something especially for you. We closely work together with a greenstone carver on the West Coast who will carve almost any shape we require.

There are many legends around New Zealand's precious Pounamu. One of them is the legend of Poutini.

Poutini is a water spirit Taniwha that swims up and down South Island's West coast protecting People and the precious Pounamu (Greenstone).

Legend has it that Poutini saw a young woman, Waitaiki, bathing near Tūhua in the North Island. Poutini fell in love with Waitaiki but she was married. Her husband Tama-ahua found out and threatened to kill Poutini. Poutini abducted Waitaiki and fled to the South Island. Tama-ahua did not give up and when there seemed no way out Poutini hid Waitaiki in the bed of the Arahura River and changed her into Pounamu before he fled out to sea.

As the river washes over Waitaiki fragments are carried downstream to the sea. So Waitaiki became the mother-load of all Pounamu found down the Arahura River.

Greenstone Leaf Pendants