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单词 nephrite
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The problem of brittleness applies both to the rare, hard jadeite and to the softer, more common nephrite jade, he noted. Fragile, but Full of Protection 2012-09-04T15:34:43Z
We’re also planning a series of about 40 to 50 pieces of white nephrite jade dial watches with three- hand or one-hand configurations.” Fragile, but Full of Protection 2012-09-04T15:34:43Z
The samples of nephrite were duly sent from Manila to China, where they proved to be of very poor quality, being disfigured by small black specks. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z
Made of a single piece of nephrite, Lot 140 was remarkable. Art.view: Message in a bottle 2010-06-09T10:22:00Z
There is a green stone—nephrite—native to New Zealand, which is prized by the women for personal wear, and which admits of a high degree of polish. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands
Axes, adzes, and chisels, of various shapes and sizes, as well as other utensils, were shaped by polishing and grinding from sandstone, limestone, jade, nephrite, diorite, and other stones. A History of Rome to 565 A. D.
As has already been said of jadeite, the jade of the nephrite variety, while slightly less hard, is about as tough a mineral as one could expect to find. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
The various weapons of nephrite that we had an opportunity of examining were of a pale green colour, which became 119transparent at the sharp edge, which ran all round, and had a peculiar flame-like glow. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z
The greenstone composing these implements of war is called nephrite by mineralogists, and is found in the Middle Island of New Zealand, in the Hartz, Corsica, China and Egypt. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia
Some of them—those of jade, chrysoprase, and nephrite***—must have been imported, these minerals never having been found in Japan. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era
We first assembled in an antechamber, the only remarkable ornament of which was a large piece of nephrite, which was a little carved and had a Chinese inscription on it. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
True jade, whether jadeite or nephrite, deserves a larger use in inexpensive ornaments, as it may be had of very fine green color and it is inexpensive and durable. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
For some years after small quantities of nephrite were annually brought for sale from the Piopiotahi to Wellington, where they found plenty of purchasers among the natives of that district at about 1s. per lb. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z
This valued stone—pounamu of the natives—nephrite, is found on the west coast of the South Island. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia
The walls and pillars are inlaid with costly stones of various shapes: lapis-lazuli and malachite, nephrite and agate. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
I also consider it probable that the precious Vasa Murrhina, which was brought to Rome after the campaign against Mithridates, and has given rise to so much discussion, was nephrite. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
The use of the word ought to be confined to the first two minerals mentioned, namely, jadeite and nephrite, for they only possess the extreme toughness together with considerable hardness that we expect of jade. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
New Zealand nephrite has not yet come into popular favour with English ladies, and only the commoner dark green variety, which is frequently spurious, is seen here. The Hand in the Dark
Jade.—Jade, or nephrite, a variety of jasper,—called by the Chinese yuh,—has always been highly valued by them as artistic material.... Some Chinese Ghosts
It is carved out of nephrite or jade, and is deposited upon a curious table of inlaid ancient marbles. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
In Asia implements of nephrite are found both on the Chukch Peninsula and in old graves from the Stone Age in the southern part of the country. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
Jadeite is a sodium aluminum silicate and nephrite, a calcium magnesium silicate. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
Their stone axes are made largely of jade or nephrite, "a mineral which, strange to say, geologists have not found in place on the continent of Europe." Atlantis : the antediluvian world
Several of them are of nephrite, chloromelanite, and jade; and their number, as compared with those in minerals native to Switzerland, varies from five to eight per cent. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples
Jade of the jadeite variety, which is harder than nephrite and more highly valued, is rare. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
But works executed in these minerals do not fetch a price at all comparable to that of nephrite. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
Most of the jade of the variety nephrite that is obtained to-day comes from several of the provinces of China or from Siberia or from Turkestan. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
The principal jades belong, however, to one or the other of two species, jadeite and nephrite. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
Rock of many kinds, including serpentine, schist, felsite, jadeite, diorite, and nephrite, were used; and saws of flint or chalcedony, some toothed on one side only, others on both, are of frequent occurrence. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples
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