How To Use Nephrite In A Sentence
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Usually of a pale green or grey-green nephrite, they are worked to a high standard and are generally dated to the eighteenth century largely on stylistic grounds.
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The table, one of only eight recorded pieces of furniture by Faberge, stands out for its sheer elegance and the subtle orchestration of silver, nephrite, and exotic palisander wood.
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Of the two kinds of jade, jadeite and nephrite, the former is harder than the latter and cannot be scratched with a penknife blade.
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Serpentine is softer than nephrite, has a lower specific gravity, and is more fragile.
JADE ISLAND
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Of the two kinds of jade, jadeite and nephrite, the former is harder than the latter and cannot be scratched with a penknife blade.
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Nephrite deposits in Qinghai Province have occurred in contact belt between intermediate - acidic intrusive rocks and dolomite - marble.
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Until recently few people considered Wyoming to have potential for gemstones other than nephrite jade.
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Nephrite and jadeite, the former in colours of white, yellow, russet and green were used in the making of unique little bottles.
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These include Neolithic tools made from chalcedony as well as nephrite objects from Ancient China.
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The mechanism of thermal transformation for nephrite cat's eye are discussed.
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Hewn from jade, nephrite, marble, and hardstone, the oddly shaped blades lack an obvious prototype in any functional tool or weapon.
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Nephrite and jadeite, the former in colours of white, yellow, russet and green were used in the making of unique little bottles.
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Reflecting his dominant emphasis on design rather than gemstones for visual impact, Tiffany chose beads of nephrite for the grapes.
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Until recently few people considered Wyoming to have potential for gemstones other than nephrite jade.
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The example in Plate VIII is activated by pressing the cabochon garnet surmounting the rock crystal dome, under which a nephrite frog climbs a silver-gilt ladder.
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It is a kind of nephrite or jade, a mineral which usually occurs in talcose or magnesian rocks.
Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
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Those made under Perkhin tend to be in the rococo Louis XV style and often have bodies of hardstones such as nephrite or bowenite.
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Of the two kinds of jade, jadeite and nephrite, the former is harder than the latter and cannot be scratched with a penknife blade.
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Jade Nephrite, the stone commonly known as jade, has been prized in China since the Neolithic era.
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