Nephrite Nephrite can be found in a translucent white to very light yellow form which is known in China as "mutton fat" jade, in an opaque white to very light brown or gray which is known as "chicken bone" jade, as well as in a variety of green colors. Western Canada is the principal source of modern lapidary nephrite. Nephrite jade was used mostly in pre-1800 China as well as in New Zealand, the Pacific Coast and Atlantic Coasts of North America, Neolithic Europe, and southeast Asia. The name "nephrite" is derived from "lapis nephriticus", which in turn is derived from
The First Series of Standardized Forms of Words with Non-standardized Variant Forms Chinese works or works written in traditional characters. The First Series of Standardized Forms of Words with Non-standardized Variant Forms The First Series of Standardized Forms of Words with Non-standardized Variant Forms () published on December 19, 2001 and officially implemented on March 31, 2002, is a list of 338 Standard Chinese words that have variant written forms (i.e. where the same word may be written with one or more different Chinese characters with the same pronunciation, referred to as "", translated into English in the official publication as "variant forms of the same word"). In the "First Series", one