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Manasi Jade

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Colour:	Green, grey-green, olive ...
Name:	Named for its occurrence in Manasi County, Xinjiang Province, China.

A variety of Tremolite Jade

A green jade which consists mainly of tremolite with only minor actinolite. The green colour is caused by microscopic inclusions of green silicates, mainly chlorite and serpentine group minerals, and it frequently also contains diopside, grossular and chromspinel as minor impurities. Manasi Jade has been mined from primary deposits since the Qing dynasty.

Classification of Manasi Jade

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Physical Properties of Manasi Jade

Colour:

Green, grey-green, olive green, dark green

Other Names for Manasi Jade

Other Languages:

Simplified Chinese:	玛纳斯玉

Other Information

Health Warning:

No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.

References for Manasi Jade

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Yanling Tang, Dequan Liu, and Ruhong Zhou (2002): Geological characteristics of Manasi green jade in Xinjiang. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica 21(s1), 22-25.

Yanling Tang (2005): Non-metallic deposits of Xinjiang, China [Zhongguo Xinjiang Fei Jinshu Kuangchuang]. Geological Publishing House (Beijing), 289 pp. (in Chinese)

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