Jade

Jade / Jadeite, Maw Sit Sit

Commonly known rarer (so called collectors stones) very rare (rarities) relatively rare organic material

Formula: Jadeite: Na(Al,Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₆]
Giada, Giok, Jáde, Jadeiet, Jadeit, Jed, Yesim, Żad, يشب, ヒスイ, Нефрит, หยก, 玉

Mineral class: silicates
Crystal system: monoclinic
Mohs scale: 6.5 - 7
Density (g/cm³): 3.25 - 3.35
Cleavage: good
Colors: usually greenish; also colorless, white, yellow, orange, reddish, brown, violet
Luster: subvitreous
Fluorescence: green Jade: slightly grey-blue
Pleochroism: -
Largest Jadeite crystal: 1 cm?
Deposits: Myanmar, China, Russia, Kazakhstan and others
Discovery: ?
1st Description: 1892

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Jade mining around Hpakan / Myanmar

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Jade Mineral

Origin: Jianchang / Donghai / Lianyungang / Jiansu / China

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Jade Mineral

Origin: Hpakan / Myanmar

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Jade

Weight: 6.92 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Jade Mineral

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Jade

Origin: Mandalay / Myanmar

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Jade Carving

Origin: Myanmar

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Jade

Weight: 2,81 ct

Origin: Itmurundy / Kazakhstan

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Jade

Weight: 9.56 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Jade Mineral

Origin: Hpakan / Myanmar

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Jade

Weight: 38.95 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Jade

Origin: Myanmar

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Jade Vase

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Jade

Origin: Myanmar

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Jade

Weight: 8.30 ct

Origin: Myanmar

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Formula: Maw Sit Sit: NaCr[Si₂O₆]
Previous names: Jade-Albite or Chloromelanite

Mineral class: silicates
Crystal system: monoclinic
Mohs scale: 6.5 - 7
Density (g/cm³): 2.5 - 3.5
Cleavage: good
Colors: green with usually black parts of cosmochlor
Luster: subvitreous
Fluorescence: ?
Pleochroism: -
Largest Maw Sit Sit: -
Deposits: Hpakan, Namshawa and Tawmaw / Myanmar
Discovery: 1963
1st Description: 1964

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Tawmaw jade mining area ~ 10 km west of Lonkin / Myanmar

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Maw Sit Sit

Weight: 9.12 ct

Origin: Tawmaw / Myitkyina / / Mogaung / Kachin / Myanmar

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