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| | GemRocks: The Jades |
 | | Tomb jade - jade customarily buried by the Chinese with their dead; it is typically opaque reddish, yellowish or brownish, very likely because of oxidation suffered during burial. |
 | | In the past, several colors and hues of jade have been attributed different meanings or uses -- for example, in ancient China, bluish, yellow, green, red, white and fl jades were related to the heavens, the earth, east, south, west and north, respectively. |
 | | Emerald - that used as a jade substitute is typically translucent to subtranslucent and not of the quality used for transparent emerald gemstones - [inferior specific gravity]. |
| www.cst.cmich.edu /users/dietr1rv/jade.htm (4099 words) |
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