Jade
At a glance
- Type
- Rock
- Group
- Metamorphic rock
- Crystal system
- None (a rock)
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Colour
- White, Green
- Lustre
- Glassy, Resinous
- Use
- Jewellery
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The name jade comes from Spanish words for flank stone, because it was believed to ease kidney pain.
- Two different minerals are called jade, jadeite and nephrite, and both are extremely tough.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q175089 · All stones · All entries