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Nephrite vs Greenstone - What's the difference?

nephrite | greenstone |

As a noun nephrite

is nephritis.

As a proper noun greenstone is

.

nephrite

English

Noun

  • (mineralogy) A semi-precious stone, one of the two types of stone commonly referred to as jade (the other being jadeite).

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    greenstone

    English

    (wikipedia greenstone)

    Noun

  • (archaeology) any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase
  • (New Zealand) the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by M?ori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite)
    • (Bowenite)