jadeite
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- n a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma
- It is a light green jadeite axe-head, a foot long, with a snouted, bawling face on its side.
- For centuries, some of the very best jadea mineral called jadeitehas come from Kachin state in northern Burma.
- He has collected tribal jadeite masks and jaguar figurines, has painted the giant ancient basalt heads of La Venta, has written down the Italian-like speech of the formidable .