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A hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form
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jadeite
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n. (context mineralogy English) A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula sodium(aluminum,iron 3+ )silicon 2 oxygen 6 , found in metamorphic rocks.
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Jadeite , also known as Fire King Jade-ite , is a type of glass tableware made of Jade-green opaque milk glass , popular in the United States in the mid-20th century. A blue variety called "Azur-ite" was also produced for several years. Jade-ite and Azur-ite ...
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n. a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma
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Jadeite \Jade"ite\, n. (Min.) See Jade , the stone.
Usage examples of jadeite.
It was simply an ordinary piece of green stone, probably jadeite or nephrite, and the surface where it had been split glittered like fluorspar.
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.
But there was a lovely polished slab of bright green smithsonite, alongside its cousins jadeite and entrancing malachite.