Nephrite is a variety of the calcium, magnesium, and iron-rich amphibole minerals tremolite or actinolite (aggregates of which also make up one form of...

is often referred to by either of two different silicate mineral names: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals)...

and the Four Kings of Heaven are derived from minerals: beryl, jadeite, nephrite, zoisite, and kunzite.: Act 11  In some English adaptations, Kunzite's...

The Empire Nephrite (sometimes mistakenly referred to as the Alexander III Medallion) egg is a jewelled Easter egg, purported to be one of the Imperial...

area of its basin is 18,000 square kilometres (6,900 sq mi). There are nephrite and graphite deposits in the Belaya basin. The river is a left tributary...

Philippine jade culture, or jade artifacts, made from white and green nephrite and dating as far back as 2000–1500 BC, have been discovered at a number...

The Hattusa Green Stone is a roughly cubic block of nephrite standing in the remains of the Great Temple at Hattusa, capital of the Hittites in the late...

China's history, jade has come in a variety of colors and white "mutton-fat" nephrite was the most highly praised and prized. Native sources in Henan and along...

Zealand English, refers to two main types of green stone valued for carving: nephrite jade, classified by Māori as kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and other names...

Latin version of the name, lapis nephriticus, is the origin of the term nephrite, which is a different mineral that also shares the common name jade. Jadeite...

Chinese Turkestan). Black nephrite is also abundant in the Karakash River but these deposits are rarely reported in the primary nephrite finds. The Karakash...

Grossular is a calcium-aluminium species of the garnet group of minerals. It has the chemical formula of Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 but the calcium may, in part, be...

types of minerals that have been used as gemstones. Such as: Actinolite Nephrite (var.) Adamite Aegirine Afghanite Agrellite Algodonite Alunite Amblygonite...

Noninvasive Mineralogical Study of Nephrite Artifacts from the Philippines and Surroundings: The Distribution of Taiwan Nephrite and the Implications for the...

Taiwan Jade is a type of nephrite primarily composed of minerals such as tremolite and actinolite. It has a green color and is found in the Laonao Mountain...

form. The most valuable hei-tiki are carved from pounamu which is either nephrite or bowenite (Māori: tangiwai). Pounamu is esteemed highly by Māori for...

that are not valid species: Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole) Jasper (variety of quartz) Jeffersonite (variety of augite)...

Nephrite Jade Bell Push by Fabergé. Circa 1890...

for comic relief. They consist of Captain Kuroi (Kunzite), Officer Akai (Nephrite), Officer Shiroi (Zoisite), and female Officer Hanako (Jadeite). The story...

Decorative nephrite thumb ring with qilin engraving...

different types and variety of marble then supply all over the country Nephrite (jade) is the precious stone, Rs 3000–5000 per kg. The mines are found...

(Castilleja linariifolia) State fossil: Knightia State gemstone: Wyoming nephrite jade State grass: western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii) State insect:...

jade (nephrite), abalone shell and pigments; from the New Zealand; Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac (Paris) Hei-tiki; 18th century; nephrite and haliotis...

different coloured stones from three continents. The torso is of green nephrite jade from British Columbia, Canada, and pink thulite from Norway. The legs...

wood, or other organic materials. They were also made of glass, bone, and nephrite. Most modern flutes are made of metal, primarily silver and nickel. Silver...

Chinese historical sources indicate that Hotan was the main source of the nephrite jade used in ancient China. For several hundred years, until they were...

examples were replaced with metal, wood, bone, clay, green mica, black nephrite, or shell materials, rather than green jade. Polished and ground stone...

Pearl. Under Lars's leadership, they steal a spaceship and flee Homeworld. Nephrite (voiced by Aparna Nancherla) was an officer of the Homeworld army who was...

collected Australian species remain to be described. See for instance the nephrite cicada from the Han dynasty (c. 210 BCE) in the San Francisco Asian Art...

in Code Geass, Kenzo Tenma in Monster, Akihiko Sanada in Persona 3, and Nephrite in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon. In cartoons, O'Brien has voiced characters...