Nephrite and jadeite, the former in colours of white, yellow, russet and green were used in the making of unique little bottles. |
The raw materials of these tools were pottery, porcelain, copper, iron, lacquer, wood, bamboo, stone, jade, jadeite, agate and coral. |
In particular, it would have been good to include fancy colored sapphires, demantoid, jadeite, red beryl, and benitoite, to name a few. |
Of the two kinds of jade, jadeite and nephrite, the former is harder than the latter and cannot be scratched with a penknife blade. |
Serpentine looks not only like jade, it is even in the same deposits as jadeite and nephrite. |
Craftsmanship of a very high order is represented in objects of shell and jadeite. |