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Yes, it is an incredibly rare gem. It can be green, blue, or white in color and is a mineral that can be classified as a subcategory of jade. It contains sodium, aluminum, and iron and can be categorized under the pyroxene group.
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What is the most rare gemstone in the world?
These are the top ten hardest PRIMARY gemstones: 1. Nephite Jade 2.Diamond 3.Saphire 4.Ruby 5.Emerald 6.Alexandrite 7.Topaz 8.Spinel 9.Zicron 10.Garnet
What is the least prevalent mineral found in the body?
Until recent years jadeite has been something of a mystery mineral, but we now know of primary sources in Guatemala as well as several California occurrences of white or grayish jadeite. Boulders in which a few small freestanding crystals have been seen occur in San Benito Co., California, with additional finds in Clear Creek, between New Idria and Hernandez. All Mexican jadeite is in artifacts, from unknown sources. The record price for a single piece of jadeite jewelry was set at the November 1997 Christie's Hong Kong sale: Lot 1843, the "Doubly Fortunate" necklace of 27 approximately .5 mm jadeite beads sold for US$9.3 million The worlds most rare mineral is jadeite.
What is the Hardness of Jadeite on the Mohs scale of hardness?
6.5 - 7.0
Where was jadeite discovered?
jade can be found at the very north of mongolia, or the hole east coast
Where is the rarest gem?
Jadeite USD $3 + Million/Carat, immediately followed by the red diamond
What is the most valuble gem?
Not a diamond.I know that
Gems starting with the letter j?
only gem stones are Jade, Jadeite, Jasper, Jelly Opal, Jet, Jacinth, Jargon
What is a characteristic of jadeite?
The characteristic of jadeite it is the same of quartz green Aventurine with the only different the grade quartz is 7 more strong than jadeite grade 6.5 the Olmec quartz green Aventurine the value is more that jadeite... Because it's very rare in the world Olmec mask quartz 1 carat can cost over one milliom Dollars $1,000000 dollars ... In today market because it's rare.
Where did jade come from?
Burma (Myanmar) and Guatemala are the principal sources of modern gem jadeite. In the area of Mogaung in the Myitkyina District of Upper Burma (Myanmar)
What stone did the olmec use to make masks?
The olmec use quartz aventurine to meke jadeite mask . Because the quartz it is more strong that jadeite the jade is grade 6.5 and the real olmec quartz aventurine is grade 7.5 if anyone have gem mask quartz aventurine it's very lucky, because costs millions per carar; more money that jadeite. Tge oknec or nayan quartz aventurine mask it is very rare i see only three different in the all world. Sincerely: andy the world collector.
When a mineral is rare to locate it is called a?
Rare minerals are called rare earth minerals. Their major metal constituents contain one or more rare earth elements. Some common hydrothermal rare minerals include zircon, gadolinite, brockite, and titanite.
When a mineral is rare to located it is called a?
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When a mineral is a rare to locate it is called?
gem
When a mineral is rare to locate it is called?
gem
When a mineral is rare to locate it is called a .?
gem
What are the release dates for Kitchen Impossible - 2009 A Rare Gem?
Kitchen Impossible - 2009 A Rare Gem was released on: USA: 20 July 2010
