399 - Nephrite

ID	399
Mineral	Nephrite
Location	Buriatia - Zabaykalsky Krai - Russia
Fluorescence	LW-UV: close SW-UV: close
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ID	2881
Long ID	1:1:2881:9
Entry type	7
Description	Nephrite is a rock comprising mostly massive microcrystalline to cryptocrystalline felted amphiboles of the tremolite - actinolite series. Nephrite is one of the two rocks termed as jade, the other being jadeitite = jadeite jade, consisting mostly o...
About the name	"The name nephrite is derived from lapis nephriticus, which in turn is derived from Greek λίθος νεφριτικός; νεφρός λίθος, which means 'kidney stone' and is the Latin and Greek version of the Spanish piedra de ijada (the origin of jade and jadeite). Accordingly, nephrite jade was once believed to be a cure for kidney stones." (Wikipedia)

Nephrite