Jade is a metamorphic rock
A jade is actually both a mineral and a rock.
Jade is formed deep in the earth under extreme pressures.
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Alaska does not have an Official State Rock. It has Jade as the State Gem and Gold as the State Mineral.
Jade is formed most commonly through metamorphism associated with subduction faulting along tectonic plate boundaries. A high pressure and low temperature metamorphic environment necessary to form jade.
It is jade.
Jade
The Official state rock is Jade and the Official mineral is Gold.
Pounamu is the Maori name for several types of hard, durable and highly valued nephrite jade and bowenite found in New Zealand, thanks to Wikipedia. It is found only on the South Island.Be aware, however, that as nephrite jade is, by definition, a mixture of amphiboles with an interlocking microcrystalline structure, pure actinolite or pure tremolite minerals, it is therefore not jade.
Jade is mineral, not a rock. Although it was thought to be a rock before.
Rock was formed when the earth was made.