jadeite
/jey-dahyt/US // ˈdʒeɪ daɪt //UK // (ˈdʒeɪdaɪt) //
翡翠,翡翠玉石,翡翠玉,翡翠类
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a mineral, essentially sodium aluminum silicate, NaAlSi2O6, usually fibrous, occurring in compact masses, whitish to dark green: a form of jade.
Examples
Beside the commoner minerals five to eight per cent of implements made of nephritoids (nephrite, jadeite, and chloromelanite).
Ornaments in the form of human and animal faces and heads nicely cut from jadeite and greenstone are not uncommon.
Close to the pots were found a small jadeite face and three greenstone beads or pendants.
She smiled: "Jadeite, of course; and lapis and crystals—the usual."
The principal jades belong, however, to one or the other of two species, jadeite and nephrite.
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