Crossword clues for jadeite
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jadeite \Jade"ite\, n. (Min.) See Jade, the stone.
Wiktionary
n. (context mineralogy English) A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula sodium(aluminum,iron3+)silicon2oxygen6, found in metamorphic rocks.
WordNet
n. a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma
Wikipedia
Jadeite is one of the constituent minerals of the gemstone known as jade.
Jadeite may also refer to:
- Jadeite (character), a character in Sailor Moon media
- Jadeite (kitchenware), a jade-green coloured opaque milk glass used for kitchenware in the mid-20th century
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 were both produced by Anchor Hocking.
It is not to be confused with jadite, a green jade- shade of vaseline glass product made in the early 20th century.
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.