jade

     

Jae is an ornamental stone. The term jade is applied to two different rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals. Nephrite jade consists of the calcium- and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral actinolite (aggregates of which also make up one form of asbestos). The rock called jadeitite consists almost entirely of jadeite, a sodium- and aluminium-rich pyroxene. The trade name Jadite is sometimes applied to translucent/opaque green glass.

Trivia about jade

  • The tomb of Han king Liu Wu yielded his body & a shroud made of this green gemstone
  • The British museum has mysterious tubes called cong, carved of this green gemstone cherished in China
  • It's a shade of green or a green gemstone that's often carved
  • Chinese carvings of this stone from the Ching period are especially treasured by collectors
  • Popular in Asian sculpture, it's the precious & ornamental mineral seen here
  • Alaska's state gem (since 1968) or Mick Jagger's gem of a daughter (since 1971)
  • Name shared by Mick & Bianca Jagger's daughter, a David Caruso film & a green gemstone
  • The Chinese have equated this green gemstone with purity & indestructibility
  • Green serpentine, seen here, is made into a gemstone that's a common substitute for this one
  • During his travels Marco Polo saw "Jasper and Chalcedony", this type of stone the Chinese carve into jewelry
  • A David Caruso film, or a valuable stone found in Chinese carvings from 1400 B.C.
  • The oldest Chinese carvings made from this gem are simple tools & amulets
  • Chinese scholar Hsu Shen attributed human virtues to this gem
  • Nephrite is the less prized of the 2 minerals that form this gemstone valued in Asia
  • This often-carved mineral is Alaska's state gem
  • The Chinese call it the "jewel of heaven" & believe it protects against accidents
  • As early as 3000 B.C., this gemstone was known in China as yu, or the "royal gem"
  • Nephrite is the main source of this gem; it comes in white, red & dark green, which is the most valuable type
  • Types of this hard gemstone seen in Asian carvings include "mutton fat", which is white, & "spinach", which is green
  • The finest quality of this "Chinese" gem is not found in China but in the Mogaung District in Burma
  • The name of this gemstone comes from the Spanish pieda de ijada, "hip stone"; it was thought to cure kidney diseases
  • It can be a shade of green or a green mineral used in jewelry & carvings

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