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  2. 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]

  3. Pounamu - Wikipedia

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    The Māori word pounamu is derived from namu, an archaic word that describes blue-green (or 'grue') cognate with Tahitian ninamu. [2] Pounamu, also used in New Zealand English, in itself refers to two main types of green stone valued for carving: nephrite jade, classified by Māori as kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and other names depending on colour; and translucent bowenite, a type of ...

  4. 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".

  5. Hattusa Green Stone - Wikipedia

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    A block of nephrite, a dark green mineral form of jade which is common in the region, and dressed into the form of a cube, about 27 inches (69 cm) per side and weighing about 2,200 pounds (1000 kg), [5] the Green Stone is supposed to have had some religious use or purpose, but what it may have been is unknown. [1]

  6. Taiwan Jade - Wikipedia

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    Taiwan Jade, also known as Fengtian Jade, Taiwan Nephrite, or Taiwan Green Jade, or Taiwan Soft Jade, reached peak production during the 1960s and 1970s. During this time, Taiwan became the world's leading exporter of processed nephrite. Therefore, the green nephrite produced in Taiwan gained worldwide renown under the name "Taiwan Jade."

  7. Yupei - Wikipedia

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    While the term 'jade' typically refer to nephrite and jadeite in scholarly literature, the character yu (Chinese: 玉) in China can also be applied to other forms of precious stones and materials, such as agate, serpentine, soapstone, marble, [10] tremolite, and hornblende [11]: 31 The True jade (Chinese: 真玉; pinyin: Zhēnyù) in China is ...

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