[DOC] [TLE] Chinese Jade - Jade Basics | eBay [PAR] Jade Facts These are some basic facts about Chinese jades. ... Jade Types ... It is 
a hard, difficult to break stone that comes in a variety of colors and can be 
translucent to opaque. ... It is translucent and found in white, green, black and 
lavender. .... Mutton Fat is a term for a nephrite from Hetian which has a natural 
oily... [DOC] [TLE] Nephrite Jade Gemstone Information - GemSelect [PAR] Feb 28, 2014 ... Nephrite is one of two distinct mineral forms classified as jade (the other is jadeite
) ... Other green gemstones can often be mistaken for nephrite jade, such as ... 
Nephrite jade is mostly found in a variety of green colors, but it can also .... 
Creamy white Chinese nephrite is referred to as 'mutton fat jade', and... [DOC] [TLE] The Nephrite Jade Road: Evolution of the Green Nephrite Market - GIA [PAR] Oct 26, 2015 ... It was the first time that gem materials were used on Olympic medals and ... 
Owning a piece of white, or mutton fat, nephrite is the dream of all jade 
collectors. ... The rough was transported to carving factories in southern China. .... 
The three largest green nephrite mines include Ospa (known to the Chinese... [DOC] [TLE] Chinese Carvings | Rue Michelle Chinese Antiques [PAR] No one material may better epitomize the Chinese arts than jadea stone that 
comes ... mutton fat texture with vermilion spots, and others of bright spinach 
green flecked ... Other colourings found in Nephrite are : Grey, blue grey, reddish 
grey, and ... iron ; cream ; and lastly the pure limpid white often compared to 
mutton fat. [DOC] [TLE] Jade - Colored Gemstones Guide [PAR] At a much later date the Maori of New Zealand, carved their dark-green nephrite 
... depended on the ability of jade to take and retain a sharp point and endure 
hard usage, .... Yellow or red-brown jadeite used as gemstones is seen only 
rarely. ... To the Chinese, translucent white to yellowish-white mutton-fat jade is 
highly... [DOC] [TLE] Jade - Oxford Reference [PAR] The Chinese called white or pale-coloured nephrite 'mutton fat jade' (yang zhi yu)
. ... Chloromelanite is a dark green to black variety of jadeite found in 
Mesoamerica ... Also, there are minerals that are as hard as jade and might be 
mistaken for it: .... When carved stone objects from East Asia began to reach 
Europe in the... [DOC] [TLE] GemRocks: The Jades - Birds [PAR] Feb 18, 2015 ... Alabaster carving (height - 24 cm) dyed green to resemble jade. ... is vari-colored 
whereas much nephrite is spinach green, white or black; although some jade, ... 
And for years Chinese gemologists have argued that omphacite, as well as ... 
Mutton fat jade - clear off-white to yellowish, usually nephrite jade. [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Jade - Christie's [PAR] A WELL-CARVED OPAQUE IVORY-COLORED JADE OVAL PLAQUE ... Nephrite 
is frequently found in shades of green, which deepens as the amount of ... Other 
colours of nephrite also include brown, grey, yellow, black, creamy white, often ... 
It is often opaque or semi-translucent and when polished, the stone takes on a... [DOC] [TLE] jade - Search-ID.com [PAR] The trade name Jadite is sometimes applied to translucent/opaque green glass. 
... Marco Polo saw "Jasper and Chalcedony", this type of stone the Chinese carve 
into jewelry; A David Caruso ... valuable type; Types of this hard gemstone seen 
in Asian carvings include "mutton fat", which is white, & "spinach", which is green
... [DOC] [TLE] Chinese Jade - Jade Basics | eBay [PAR] Jade Types ... It is a hard, difficult to break stone that comes in a variety of colors 
and can be ... Hetian jade is translucent and has an oily surface sometimes 
referred to as "mutton fat". ... It is translucent and found in white, green, black and 
lavender. ... The

Question: Types of this hard gemstone seen in Asian carvings include "mutton fat", which is white, & "spinach", which is green
Answer: jade