jadeite

IPA: dʒˈeɪdaɪt

(mineralogy) A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Na(Al,Fe³⁺)Si₂O₆, found in metamorphic rocks.

Examples of "jadeite" in Sentences

At left, an imperial jadeite necklace was sold for HK$43. 3 million.
If you like the bluish-green shade of "jadeite," chances are you need a great deal of security.
Mainland Chinese collectors have since stepped in, paying as much as $7.3 million at Christie's for a jadeite bead necklace last summer.
Sotheby's/Bloomberg News Earlier in the week, Sotheby's Hong Kong sales of contemporary Chinese art, jadeite and jewelry and Southeast Asian paintings also set impressive prices.
Culture Minister, David Lammy, has placed a temporary export bar on a 'jadeite' Neolithic axe-head that once formed part of the collection of one of the fathers of British archaeology.
It is a particularly fine specimen, beautifully shaped and polished, which shows off with considerable sophistication the tonalities and gradations of the fine hard 'jadeite' stone from which it is manufactured.
It was laid out on a radial plan much like Paris or Washington, D.C. Luxury goods, such as jadeite pendants, eccentrically shaped obsidian objects, and exotic shells, confined to the ceremonial precincts of other sites, were found throughout the city.
Prices were up for all of the auction house's major art categories, including £ 766.6 million in Impressionist and modern art, up 53% from 2009; ₤ £ 602.6 million in post-war and contemporary art, up 148%; ₤ £ 569.6 million in Asian art, up 145%; and ₤ £ 334.2 million in jewelry, jadeite and watches, up 55%.