specific name. Both the amphibole jade (nephrite) and pyroxene jade are mineral aggregates (rocks) rather than mineral species. Nephrite was deprecated...
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Serpentinite (redirect from New jade (mineral))
metamorphic rock composed predominantly of one or more serpentine group minerals formed by near to complete serpentinization of mafic to ultramafic rocks...
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Jadeite (category Jade)
different mineral that also shares the common name jade. Jadeite is a hard, extremely tough, rare mineral of the clinopyroxene family of minerals. Though...
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Nephrite (redirect from Nephrite jade)
different mineral species called jade. The other mineral species known as jade is jadeite, which is a variety of pyroxene. While nephrite jade possesses...
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Serpentine subgroup (redirect from Teton jade)
in the category of phyllosilicates) are greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals commonly found in serpentinite. They are used as a source of magnesium...
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Taiwan Black Jade is a type of serpentine jade, primarily composed of minerals such as antigorite and magnetite. It exhibits colors ranging from dark...
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are transparent. Jadeite and nephrite (mineral forms of jade are examples of minerals with this property). Minerals that do not allow light to pass are called...
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Lustre (mineralogy) (redirect from Mineral lustre)
tourmaline and fluorite, among others. Waxy minerals have a lustre resembling wax. Examples include jade and chalcedony. Asterism is the display of a...
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Grossular (redirect from South African Jade)
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...
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Pectolite (redirect from Alaska jade)
sky blue. There is also a whitish form of the mineral from Alaska that is sometimes marketed as 'Alaska jade'. It was first described in 1828 at Mount Baldo...
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Vesuvianite (category Calcium minerals)
Californite is a name sometimes used for jade-like vesuvianite, also known as California jade, American jade or Vesuvianite jade. Xanthite is a manganese rich variety...
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contains the world's only supply of jade, a mineral that endows its wearer with enhanced abilities. Safe use of jade requires a combination of genetic predisposition...
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nephrite; a green color of medium hue; made of jade; green like jade". Yù has referred to many rocks and minerals that carve and polish well, especially jadeite...
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Bowenite (redirect from Honan jade)
being known as Suzhou jade with carving in elaborate designs. "History of minerals and coal" (PDF). New Zealand Petroleum & Minerals. Retrieved 16 April...
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Monthly Bakken Oil Production Statistics" (PDF). North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved...
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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...
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insignia Firearm Winchester Model 70 Fossil Woolly Mammoth Gemstone Jade Mineral Gold Sport Dog Mushing State route marker State quarter Released in 2008...
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the meaning of jade; as their influence has grown in Myanmar, so has the jade industry and the practice of exporting the precious mineral. Myanmar produces...
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Julgoldite Junitoite Jurbanite Varieties that are not valid species: Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole) Jasper (variety of quartz)...
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Actinolite (category Calcium minerals)
Actinolite is an amphibole silicate mineral with the chemical formula Ca2(Mg4.5–2.5Fe2+0.5–2.5)Si8O22(OH)2. The name actinolite is derived from the Greek...
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function. In general terms, jade refers to two distinct minerals: nephrite, a calcium- and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral, and jadeite, a pyroxene rich...
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Leaders of states in the U.S. which have significant mineral deposits often create a state mineral, rock, stone or gemstone to promote interest in their...
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Quartz (redirect from Citrine (mineral))
Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra...
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Lapidary (from the Latin lapidarius) is the practice of shaping stone, minerals, or gemstones into decorative items such as cabochons, engraved gems (including...
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Gemstone (redirect from Gemstone (mineral))
jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments...
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large boulders of jade to the surface. Two different metamorphic rocks known as Nephrite and Jadeite, although composed of separate minerals, are collectively...
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"Telluride" (Tim McGraw song), 2001; covered by Josh Gracin, 2008 "Telluride" (Jade Eagleson song), 2023 Kia Telluride, a mid-size crossover SUV made by Kia...
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Turquoise (category Aluminium minerals)
Turquoise is an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium, with the chemical formula CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O. It...
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Tremolite (category Calcium minerals)
hardness on Mohs scale of 5 to 6. Nephrite, one of the two minerals known as the gemstone jade, is a green crystalline variety of tremolite. The fibrous...
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