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jadeitite

[′jād·ə‚tīt]
(petrology)
A type of metamorphic rock composed of jadeite associated with small amounts of feldspar or feldspathoids.
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References in periodicals archive
Chemical composition, mineral component and microstructure of light-colored jadeitite with different values of relative density.
Literature of interest
(2007): "Du Mont Viso au Golfe de Tarente a la transition V-IVe millenaires: la hache en jadeitite de Laterza (Puglia, Italie)", Jahrbuch des Romisch-Germanischen Zentralmuseums, 54, pp.
Artefactos singulares de filiacion meridional en el calcolitico de la Meseta Norte Espanola: un vaso calcareo procedente de El Fonsario (Villafafila, Zamora)
Jade is a cultural term for two rare metamorphic rocks known as jadeitite and nephrite that are both extremely tough and have been used as tools and talismans throughout the world.
The jadeitite (or jadeite jade) is a sort of scar tissue from some collisions between Earth's plates.
Guatemala has a more complex geologic history than previously thought
(1999) Itoigawaite, a new mineral, the Sr analogue of lawsonite, in jadeitite from the Itoigawa-Ohmi district, central Japan.
Itoigawaite
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