imperial jade
Americannoun
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Among the richest offerings are hundreds of objects made of so-called imperial jade, one of the world's most expensive gems, including ear spools, necklaces and pendants - one in the form of a crocodile.
From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2021
"It is all chinjalu," he tells me, a Kachin word for jade of the highest clarity and quality - known elsewhere as "imperial jade".
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2014
And the next moment she was seated—a slim, gemmed thing glimmering with imperial jade from top to toe.
From The Moonlit Way by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Around her bare throat and shoulders, too, was a magnificent necklace of imperial jade which he had never before seen; and on one slim, white finger a superb jade ring.
From The Slayer Of souls by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
It was of dark green imperial jade, with a wonderfully carved lid.
From Huntingtower by Buchan, John
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