jade
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Lecture | Jade | China's Gift to the World | Hong Kong | 16 September 2024
Richard Hughes examines the historical sources of jade, along with the remarkable renaissance in Chinese jade carving that has occured since the 1990s.
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Lecture | Jade | China's Gift to the World | Shanghai | 1 December 2018
Richard Hughes examines the historical sources of jade, along with the remarkable renaissance in Chinese jade carving that has occured since the 1990s.
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Russian Jade Deposits | From Russia with Jade
Jadeite jade is a stone intimately associated with Burma (Myanmar). But there are deposits in other countries. This article details Russia's jadeite deposits in the Polar Urals and Khakassia.
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The Hardness of Fei Cui Jade | A Gemological Perspective
Jade has a long and varied nomenclatural history, with its definition altered in the current age for practical and cultural reasons. This paper examines the hardness of "fei cui" (pyroxene jade) and presents the findings in a simplified format based on empirical evidence and theoretical principles, while also considering the jade hardness data available in literature.