Metamorphic Rock (For Nephrite And Some Jadeite); Mineral (For Jadeite)

Serpentine Jade (New Jade/Bowenite)

Antigorite (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)

Jadeite Jade

NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)

Yellow Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)

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

Jadeite Jade

Sodium Aluminum Silicate (NaAlSi2O6)

Nephrite Jade

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

Tumbled nephrite jade (likely)

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

Serpentine (New Jade)

Antigorite, Lizardite, and Chrysotile (Mg3Si2O5(OH)4)

Nephrite Jade

Nephrite (Ca2(Mg, Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2), a variety of Actinolite-Tremolite

Nephrite Jade

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

Jadeite Jade

NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)

Nephrite Jade

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

Nephrite Jade

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

Nephrite Jade

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

Nephrite Jade

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

Nephrite Jade

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

Nephrite Jade

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

Green Jadeite

NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)

Jadeite Jade

NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)

Jadeite and Mixed Gemstones (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald)

Jadeite (NaAlSi2O6), Corundum (Al2O3), Beryl (Be3Al2(Si6O18))

Nephrite Jade

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

Polished green serpentine (likely bowenite)

Serpentine-group minerals, chiefly antigorite/lizardite; bowenite is a compact Mg-rich variety often called “serpentine jade”

Polished greenstone (likely nephrite jade)

Nephrite, a fibrous aggregate of amphibole minerals, chiefly tremolite–actinolite, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂

Nephrite Jade

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

Nephrite Jade

Tremolite-actinolite series [Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2]

Yellow Jade

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

Jade (Jadeite or Nephrite)

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

Nephrite (a form of Jade)

Nephrite (a variety of the mineral actinolite, Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2)

Jadeite and Nephrite (Jade)

Sodium Aluminum Silicate (Jadeite) / Calcium Magnesium Iron Silicate (Nephrite)

Green jade bead bracelet

Jadeite (NaAlSi₂O₆) or nephrite (Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂); image alone cannot distinguish them

Jade (likely jadeite) pearl earring

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

Jade

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

Yellow Jade

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

Jadeite Jade

NaAlSi2O6 (Sodium Aluminum Silicate)

Green jade bead necklace

Most likely nephrite jade (a tough, interlocking amphibole aggregate; commonly tremolite–actinolite), though jadeite jade or dyed serpentine is possible from the image alone.

Likely greenstone (serpentine or altered jade-like rock)

Serpentinite, chiefly serpentine-group minerals; exact identification requires testing

White Jade (Nephrite or Jadeite)

Tremolite-Actinolite series (Nephrite) or NaAlSi2O6 (Jadeite)

Nephrite Jade

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

Nephrite Jade

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

Green jade bangle

Jadeite or nephrite (jade); exact species cannot be confirmed visually

White Nephrite Jade

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

Polished greenstone (likely nephrite jade)

Nephrite, an interlocking fibrous aggregate of amphibole-group minerals, chiefly tremolite–actinolite, Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂

Serpentine (Nephrite-like River Cobble)

Serpentinite (Hydrous Magnesium Iron Silicate)