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sliced polished nephrite from China

nephrite

This is a thick microcrystalline rock the of amphibole family, we can consider nephrite as a microcrystalline variety of ferrous actinolite-tremolite series. The majority of nephrites are composed mainly of actinolite. The white variety, known as” mutton fat “, is composed almost exclusively of tremolite,

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Imperial jade from Burma cut in cabochon

jadeite

Its name comes from the term jade. It is the nineteenth century, in 1863, that jadeite was differentiated from nephritis. This is a pyroxene resulting from metamorphism of serpentines high in sodium. Before the nineteenth century both jadeite and nephrite were called with the generic

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imperial jade from Burma cut in cabochon

jade

In the nineteenth century, it was shown that the so-called “jade” actually consisted of two distinct minerals: The “Jadeite”, of the pyroxene family, is the hardest and most rare, it has a crystalline sound, its color varies from white to dark green, even lavender. The

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emerald cut amethyst from Madagascar

amethyst

It is a purple variety of quartz. Its name comes from the Greek “a” private and “methysto” meaning “ inebrietion ” wore as an amulet it was supposed to guard against drunkenness. The Greeks believed that drinking from a cup carved from this stone had

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