Definitions for jadeiteˈdʒeɪ daɪt
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jade•iteˈdʒeɪ daɪt(n.)
the most precious type of jade; a colorless, green , or black pyroxene, sodium aluminum silicate, NaAlSi2O6.
Category: Mineralogy
Origin of jadeite:
1860–65
Princeton's WordNet
jadeite(noun)
a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma
Wiktionary
jadeite(Noun)
A pyroxene mineral, a sodium aluminium silicate with the chemical formula Na(Al,Fe)SiO, found in metamorphic rocks.
Webster Dictionary
Jadeite(noun)
see Jade, the stone
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