Name/Title
Jadeite BuddhaEntry/Object ID
2009.64.32Description
About Jadeite
Formula: Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Colour: apple-green, greenish white, purplish blue, blue-green, violet, white, black
Lustre: Sub-Vitreous, Pearly
Hardness: 6
Specific Gravity: 3.24 - 3.43
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Member of: Clinopyroxene Subgroup > Pyroxene Group Name: Named after jade, which is frequently composed of jadeite.
Type Locality:ⓘ Myanmar Pyroxene Group - Clinopyroxene Subgroup. Jadeite-Kosmochlor Series.
Rarely found as euhedral crystals, most commonly as the monomineralic metamorphic rock jadeitite which is often used as an ornamental gem and carving material as which it is known as jadeite jade.Collection
RAGM Misc. Jade & Amber CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2009.64Source or Donor
RAGM Jade and AmberAcquisition Method
GiftLocation
Location
Display Case
FS-2Room
Frieda Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent