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2. Jadeite - Wikipedia

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   Jadeite is the principal mineral making up the most valuable form of jade, a precious stone particularly prized in China. Most gem-quality jadeite jade comes from northern Myanmar . Jade tools and implements have been found at Stone Age sites, showing that the mineral has been prized by humans since before the beginning of written history .

3. Jade use in Mesoamerica - Wikipedia

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   However, one of the five islands in the chain known as Isla de Bahias, i.e., Bay Island, is not only rich in green Jadeite and some blue as well, but there is a beach aptly called Jade Beach with approximately fifty-foot walls of Jadeite. Barbaretta is sandwiched between Guanaha to the east and Morat, Roatan, and Utila to the west. The beach is ...

4. Jade - Wikipedia

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   Main jade producing countries. Jade is an umbrella term for two different types of decorative rocks used for jewelry or ornaments.Jade 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), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminum in the pyroxene group of minerals). [1]

5. Art & Antiques with Dr. Lori: Two types of Jade Part 1: Jadeite

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6. Chinese jade - Wikipedia

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   Oracle bone script for 玉 "jade".. The Chinese word yù 玉 "jade; gems of all kinds; (of women) beautiful; (courteous) your" has semantically broader meanings than English jade "any of various hard greenish gems used in jewelry and artistic carvings, including jadeite and nephrite; a green color of medium hue; made of jade; green like jade".

7. Lapidary (text) - Wikipedia

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   A lapidary is a text in verse or prose, often a whole book, that describes the physical properties and metaphysical virtues of precious and semi-precious stones, that is to say, a work on gemology. [1] It was frequently used as a medical textbook since it also comprises practical information about the alleged medical application of each stone ...