The Jade Stone.
Jade is a dark green mineral and is known by at least 150 names. The Chinese call it CJ-she, which means holy or chosen stone. It was first found in Turkestan, where idols were made from it. The Chinese would pay for it as much as eight times its weight in silver. The Indians in America, the Greeks, and even the Maoris made amulets oat of it, and these were worn as charms. Chemically the constituents of the stone are very simple, consisting of a silica of alumina and aoda. Under the microscope it has a felttd appearance, the crystals being in the form of finely interlaced plates, this arrangement accounting for the characteristic toughness of thf mineral.
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Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1896, Page 2
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121The Jade Stone. Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1896, Page 2
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