Metamorphic Rock (For Both Nephrite And Jadeite)

Nephrite Jade

Tremolite-Actinolite solid solution Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2

Nephrite Jade

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)

Nephrite Jade

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)

Jadeite (Jade)

NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)

Jade (likely jadeite) pearl earring

Jadeite, NaAlSi₂O₆; the image alone cannot distinguish jadeite from nephrite

Nephrite Jade

Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2 (Actinolite-Tremolite series)

White Jade / Jadeite

NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)

Black jade or dark serpentine cabochon

Jadeite (NaAlSi₂O₆) or nephrite amphibole; possibly serpentine (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄)

Nephrite Jade

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)

White Jade (Nephrite)

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)

Polished serpentine (often sold as “new jade” or lemon serpentine)

Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite and lizardite; approximate formula Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄

Tumbled green serpentine (likely nephrite jade imitation/alternative)

Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite and lizardite; composition approximately Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄

White Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)

Carved nephrite jade pendant

Nephrite jade; interlocking tremolite–actinolite amphibole, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂

Nephrite Jade

Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2

White Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)

Tremolite-Actinolite / Sodium Aluminum Silicate (NaAlSi2O6)

Jade (Nephrite)

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)

Serpentinite (often called Jade or Nephrite substitute)

Serpentinite (composed primarily of Antigorite, Lizardite, or Chrysotile)

Carved nephrite jade thumb ring/seal

Nephrite jade: fibrous amphibole aggregate, chiefly tremolite–actinolite, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂

Jade Ring

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)

Tumbled green stone, possibly serpentine or nephrite jade

Tentative: serpentine-group mineral (Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄) or nephrite, a fibrous amphibole aggregate

Nephrite Jade

Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2

New Jade (Serpentine)

Antigorite / Serpentine group (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)

Tumbled greenstone (likely serpentine or nephrite jade)

Serpentine-group mineral aggregate, or possibly nephrite (interlocking tremolite–actinolite amphibole)

Nephrite Jade / Greenstone

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)

Green Aventurine (or Jadeite/Nephrite Jade)

SiO2 (Silicon Dioxide) - Aventurine Quartz

Green aventurine and gray stone pendant

Likely green aventurine quartz (SiO₂), paired with a gray quartzite or feldspar-rich stone; exact identification requires testing

Polished green stone, likely aventurine or jade

Most likely green aventurine quartz (SiO₂) or nephrite jade (Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂); image alone cannot distinguish them

Likely green aventurine or nephrite jade ring

Aventurine quartz (SiO₂) or nephrite, a variety of tremolite–actinolite amphibole

Jade pendant, likely jadeite

Jadeite, NaAlSi₂O₆ (possibly nephrite, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂)

Serpentinite (often containing Jadeite/Nephrite)

Antigorite-rich Serpentine Rock, (Mg, Fe)3Si2O5(OH)4

Serpentine (Serpentinite)

Serpentinite / Serpentine Group (Mg,Fe,Ni,Al,Zn,Mn)2-3(Si,Al,Fe)2O5(OH)4

Polished yellow-green serpentine pendant

Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite and/or lizardite; approximate formula Mg3Si2O5(OH)4

New Jade (Serpentine)

Antigorite / Serpentine Group (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)

Greenstone (Rough Jadeite or Nephrite)

Sodium aluminum silicate (Jadeite) / Calcium magnesium iron silicate (Nephrite)

Chinese Jade (Green Nephrite or Jadeite)

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2) or Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6)

Nephrite Jade

Nephrite (a variety of the mineral actinolite within the amphibole group); Chemical Formula: Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2

Nephrite Jade

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)

Polished white-green serpentine pebble

Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite or lizardite; commonly sold as “new jade”

Green Jade (specifically Nephrite)

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)

Tumbled green aventurine (probable)

Quartz (SiO₂), typically with fuchsite mica inclusions

Quartzite Jade (Consolidated Quartzite)

Quartzite (SiO2)