Nephrite is the second ... but one that’s dangerous enough to earn these stones the nickname “blood jade” because each year miners are severely injured and killed by landslides within ...

Researchers uncovered wattle-and-daub houses, stone slabs and wooden ... piece found it is actually made of nephrite, a mineral that is commonly used as “jade,” but different from the mineral ...

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Tying the precious stone to dispensable miners is ... Chunks of ­jadeite—as opposed to the more common nephrite, which is considered an inferior jade—resemble mud-­colored eggs.