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| gemstone jewelry carved entirely from a single piece of rough |
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| trade name for finest-quality, semitransparent jadeite with even, vivid green coloration |
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| an uneven distribution of color against a contrasting background |
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| thick-skinned jadeite boulders |
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| the coarsest texture category of jadeite |
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| the finest texture category of jadeite |
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| the medium texture category of jadeite |
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| weathered, thin-skinned jadeite boulders |
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| spots of color near the surface of a jadeite boulder, where the skin is thin enough to allow color to show through |
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| natural jadeite enhanced only with a surface coating of wax |
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| natural jadeite that's bleached in acid to remove undesirable staining, then impregnated with wax or polymers |
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| natural jadeite that's dyed and often bleached and impregnated with wax or polymers |
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