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• jading - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about jading

  jade. Semi-precious stone consisting of either jadeite, NaAlSi 2 O 6 (a pyroxene), or nephrite, Ca 2 (Mg,Fe) 5 Si 8 O 22 (OH,F ) 2 (an amphibole), ranging from colourless through ...

• jading definition of jading in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

  jade, common name for either of two minerals used as gems. The rarer variety of jade is jadeite, a sodium aluminum silicate, NaAl(SiO 3) 2, usually white or green in color; the ...

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  jade 1 (j d) n. 1. Either of two distinct minerals, nephrite and jadeite, that are generally pale green or white and are used mainly as gemstones or in carving.