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Jun 23, 2008 at 09:51 o\clock

The concepts of the malachite and jade are different

The concepts of the malachite and jade are different


Malachite: Including in a very large range   There is emerald  Nephrite  Lazurite  Rosy quartz  Malachite  Agate  Jade of only mountain  Turquoise  Serpentine,etc.

Jade: Including the jadeite and nephrite.

The Nephrite is nephrite, the emerald is the jadeite. Main difference between nephrite and jadeite are that mineral compositions are different from chemical composition, but not the difference of the hardness.

Nephrite is by extremely slight brilliant dense pieces of body aggregate that interweave and become of the tremolite. The tremolite is one kind in the horn blende clan mineral. The hardness of the nephrite is 6.5- 6.9.

The jadeite is the dense blocky aggregate composed of alkaline augites, and one kind in the augite clan mineral. The hardness of the jadeite is 6.5- 7.

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