jadeite

A rare, usually emerald to light green but sometimes white, auburn, buff, or violet mineral, NaAlSi₂O₆, used as a gem and for ornamental carvings. It is the tougher and more highly valued form of jade.

See jade.

See jade, the stone.

A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6, found in metamorphic rocks.

a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma