Key facts
- Mineral.name
- Nephrite
- Mineral.category
- Inosilicate
- Mineral.boxbgcolor
- 9dec76
- Mineral.image
- Nephrite jordanow slaski.jpg
- Mineral.caption
- Nephrite from Jordanów Śląski (Poland)
- Mineral.formula
- Ca2(Mg,Fe)5Si8O22(OH)2
- Mineral.color
- Translucent to opaque and often mottled. Light to dark green, yellow to brown, white, gray, black.
- Mineral.habit
- massive
- Mineral.system
- monoclinic
- Mineral.fracture
- splintery to granular
- Mineral.mohs
- 6.0 to 6.5
- Mineral.luster
- dull
- Mineral.polish
- vitreous to greasy
- Mineral.refractive
- 1.606 to
- Mineral.opticalprop
- Double refractive with anomalous aggregate reaction
- Mineral.birefringence
- usually not detectable
- Mineral.pleochroism
- none
- Mineral.fluorescence
- inert
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- jade
- Named after
- kidney
- Image
- Amphibole - Nephrite Jade Basic calcium magnesium iron silicate Lander County Wyoming 2077.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nephrite
- crystal system
- monoclinic crystal system
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