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Verdelite
Verdelite is the trade and gemological name commonly used for green tourmaline, especially green elbaite. Its color can be influenced by trace elements such as iron, chromium, or vanadium, and the material may range from pale green to deep green. Transparent crystals are cut for jewelry, while larger or heavily included pieces are kept as mineral specimens. Brazil is a major source, although green...
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Nephrite
Nephrite is one of the two mineral materials commonly recognized as jade, the other being jadeite. It is a tough, compact aggregate of amphibole minerals in the tremolite-actinolite series and commonly occurs in shades of green, cream, white, brown, or gray. Its resistance to fracture has made it suitable for tools, weapons, ornaments, and sculpture in many cultures; in New Zealand, Maori traditio...
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