specific name. Both the amphibole jade (nephrite) and pyroxene jade are mineral aggregates (rocks) rather than mineral species. Nephrite was deprecated...

metamorphic rock composed predominantly of one or more serpentine group minerals formed by near to complete serpentinization of mafic to ultramafic rocks...

different mineral that also shares the common name jade. Jadeite is a hard, extremely tough, rare mineral of the clinopyroxene family of minerals. Though...

different mineral species called jade. The other mineral species known as jade is jadeite, which is a variety of pyroxene. While nephrite jade possesses...

in the category of phyllosilicates) are greenish, brownish, or spotted minerals commonly found in serpentinite. They are used as a source of magnesium...

tourmaline and fluorite, among others. Waxy minerals have a lustre resembling wax. Examples include jade and chalcedony. Asterism is the display of a...

Taiwan Black Jade is a type of serpentine jade, primarily composed of minerals such as antigorite and magnetite. It exhibits colors ranging from dark...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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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...

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...

Julgoldite Junitoite Jurbanite Varieties that are not valid species: Jade (tough, green mineral either jadeite or nephrite amphibole) Jasper (variety of quartz)...

function. In general terms, jade refers to two distinct minerals: nephrite, a calcium- and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral, and jadeite, a pyroxene rich...

Quartz is a hard, crystalline mineral composed of silica (silicon dioxide). The atoms are linked in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedra...

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...

presumably a symbol of power. There are three main periods in Costa Rican Jade Tradition, they correspond with the second half of Mid-Preclassic to Late...

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...

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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large boulders of jade to the surface. Two different metamorphic rocks known as Nephrite and Jadeite, although composed of separate minerals, are collectively...

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...

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...

the lava, which inhibits the first step (nucleation) in the formation of mineral crystals. Together with rapid cooling, this results in a natural glass...