nephrite
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nephrite
From the German word Nephrit, dating back to 1785–95. See nephr-, -ite 1
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The bad news for the Richmond museum: Most of Mrs. Pratt’s two dozen flowers made of semiprecious stones like nephrite and bowenite are Fauxbergé.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2011
And it may in fact be any one of three very hard minerals: nephrite, jadeite and chloromelanite.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Asia implements of nephrite are found both on the Chukch Peninsula and in old graves from the Stone Age in the southern part of the country.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Alexander Leslie
Most of the jade of the variety nephrite that is obtained to-day comes from several of the provinces of China or from Siberia or from Turkestan.
From A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public by Frank Bertram Wade
Rock of many kinds, including serpentine, schist, felsite, jadeite, diorite, and nephrite, were used; and saws of flint or chalcedony, some toothed on one side only, others on both, are of frequent occurrence.
From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by N. D'Anvers
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