nephrite
Mineralogy. a compact or fibrous variety of actinolite, varying from whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
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How to use nephrite in a sentence
Beside the commoner minerals five to eight per cent of implements made of nephritoids (nephrite, jadeite, and chloromelanite).
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerIt is a kind of nephrite or jade, a mineral which usually occurs in talcose or magnesian rocks.
Roman Mosaics | Hugh MacmillanSpleen′ishness, the state of being spleenish; Spleen′-stone, jade or nephrite; Spleen′wort, any fern of the genus Asplenium.
This celt is of a mottled green "marble resembling onyx" (probably serpentine or nephrite) 400 mm.
The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley | Harlan Ingersoll SmithObjects made of nephrite and whale's bone are lacking in the Yakima Valley.
The Archaeology of the Yakima Valley | Harlan Ingersoll Smith
British Dictionary definitions for nephrite
/ (ˈnɛfraɪt) /
a tough fibrous amphibole mineral: a variety of jade consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form. Formula: Ca 2 Mg 5 Si 8 O 22 (OH) 2: Also called: kidney stone
Origin of nephrite
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Scientific definitions for nephrite
[ nĕf′rīt′ ]
A green to blue variety of jade. Nephrite is an amphibole and is the least precious form of jade. Chemical formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2.
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