The word "jade" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe either the green or white gemstone or the color green. Example sentence: The jade necklace sparkled as the sun hit it.
The Chinese province of Yunnan has prospered on the back of a fast-growing trade in jade excavated from Kachin state, but that has been disrupted by the fighting.
The great imperial collections of Chinese jade, cloisonné and porcelain were kept in the Summer Palace in Beijing's Forbidden City and seen by only a chosen few.
Chang'E 3, the craft that did so, then deployed a small rover called Yutu, or "Jade Rabbit" (pictured above), which travelled for 114 metres before getting stuck.
It shows few signs that it is prepared to do so.If the army were to observe the president's promise not to take Laiza, having isolated the last KIA-controlled pockets, it could sit back and let them wither away, cut off from their sources of income from logging and jade.
Local knowledge matters, for tastes differ widely: jade is popular in interior provinces, for example, while coastal regions prefer simple designs.
VISITORS to the showroom of the "Everything is Good" jade company in the Chinese border town of Ruili are swiftly steered towards one particular lump of black rock among many thousands on display.
("Stricken Jade: 'Get me out of this pain'".) When she could not appear, her small boys were proxies for her.The British public, never keen to look too long at death, were not invited to go deeper.
It abounds in arable land, water and natural resources it is richly endowed with oil, natural gas and precious stones such as jade, rubies and sapphires.Thailand's labour force is ageing, shrinking and getting more expensive; Myanmar's is cheap and young, and is benefiting from the return of some of the 3m-5m Burmese working abroad.
These include a carved, pale jade Ming bowl, mounted with rubies from the Ottoman court (possibly as a diplomatic gift).
Mr Chan has developed many of the techniques he uses for carving precious stones and manipulating titanium and jade, often using tools he has made himself.The jeweller did not grow up sitting on velvet sofas.
But it also wants to keep on good terms with the Kachin, who share ethnicity with minorities on the Chinese side of the border.Most of the jade and wood that form the backbone of trade in the towns of Yingjiang county come from Kachin state.
