jadestone

IPA: dʒˈeɪdstoʊn

Examples of "jadestone" in Sentences

The walls were of coral, the roof of jadestone and chalcedony, and the floors were of the finest mother-of-pearl.
[12] Tzu-kung said: Were a beauteous jadestone mine, ought I to hide it away in a case, or seek a good price and sell it?
So that Turkish hara may well refer to 'jadestone'-especially since the Turkish word for' jade, yeshim, means 'jasper' and 'porphyry' as well.
They are now made of bamboo, but formerly were made of copper, jadestone, or marble, as such materials were considered less liable to be affected by the weather.
But noticing in the winter apartment a jadestone bowl, full of single narcissi, in clusters of three or five, Pao-yü began praising their beauty with all the language he could command.