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Variety of jade
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nephrite
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WordNet
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n. an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders
Wiktionary
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n. (context mineralogy English) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).
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Nephrite is a variety of the calcium and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral actinolite (aggregates of which also make up one form of asbestos ). The chemical formula for nephrite is Ca ( Mg , Fe ) Si O (O H ). It is one of two different mineral species called ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
nephrite \neph"rite\ (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. n['e]phrite. See nephritis .] (Min.) A hard compact mineral, of a dark green color, formerly worn as a remedy for diseases of the kidneys, whence its name; kidney stone; a kind of jade. It varies in color from ...
Usage examples of nephrite.
Serpentine is softer than nephrite, has a lower specific gravity, and is more fragile.
Before the nineteenth century, a lot of what the Chinese called jade wasnt even nephrite, but a bunch of other virtuous stones.
In his hand lay an award-pendant, a white one: Megan recognized the Nephrite Serpent.
It was simply an ordinary piece of green stone, probably jadeite or nephrite, and the surface where it had been split glittered like fluorspar.
Japanese garden with pines imported from Kyoto and nephrite boulders taken from the coastal waters off Big Sur.
A fire-hardened point was the best that he might hope for temporarily unless chance should direct him upon a fragment of leek-green nephrite, or a piece of flint.
There was no furniture as such, only stands and cases and pedestals, likewise all of polished stone: jadeite, nephrite, agate, feldspar and onyx, glabrous gray chalcedony.
In most cases, the gray ashlars bore a veneer of carefully chosen and integrated slabs, marble, agate, chalcedony, jasper, nephrite, materials more exotic than that.