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jadeite definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found principally in Burma

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French Date: 1865 a usually green monoclinic mineral of the pyroxene group that is a silicate of sodium and aluminum and is a jade • jaditic adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a green, blue, or white sodium aluminium silicate form of jade.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jadeite Jade"ite, n. (Min.) See Jade, the stone.