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
It is carved out of nephrite or jade, and is deposited upon a curious table of inlaid ancient marbles.
From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by W. Blanchard Jerrold
It is a kind of nephrite or jade, a mineral which usually occurs in talcose or magnesian rocks.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan
The walls and pillars are inlaid with costly stones of various shapes: lapis-lazuli and malachite, nephrite and agate.
From From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People by Sven Anders Hedin
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