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Serpentine jade — specimen 0614, photo © NMNHS
Serpentine jade — specimen 0614, photo © NMNHS

Serpentine jade — specimen 0614

Origin

East Asia
China, Liaoning
Serpentine jade — specimen 0614, locality map
Data

Weight: 39.79 ct; size: 24.43 | 24.40 | 8.02 mm; shape: square cushion; colour: medium light yellowish green; slightly greyish; clarity: translucent; cut: fair; treatment: none.
Notes

Clean specimen of ‘Xinshan jade’; cabochon style cut..

Other specimens
Serpentine jade — specimen 0615

More information from ‘Classification’

Serpentine jade

A rock; dense cryptocristalline mixture of serpentine group minerals, mainly antigorite. Also known as Xinshan jade.


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