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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9837126, member: 2844"]Yes, I know that includes turquoise, carnelian, rosequartz and other Chinese favourites as well. All beautiful stones which I love and value too. </p><p>But I live in Europe, not in China, and I have to go by Western terms and standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jade is not exclusively Chinese. It is mined all over the world, also in Europe (Italy etc). </p><p>In New Zealand nephrite jade is called Pounamu, but I don't see the Chinese changing their concept of (nephrite) jade to the Maori one. Local is local, and international is international.</p><p>So because it is an internationally found stone, it is best to use the international consensus, which is jadeite and nephrite. And since I am not Chinese, that is what I will call them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9837126, member: 2844"]Yes, I know that includes turquoise, carnelian, rosequartz and other Chinese favourites as well. All beautiful stones which I love and value too. But I live in Europe, not in China, and I have to go by Western terms and standards. Jade is not exclusively Chinese. It is mined all over the world, also in Europe (Italy etc). In New Zealand nephrite jade is called Pounamu, but I don't see the Chinese changing their concept of (nephrite) jade to the Maori one. Local is local, and international is international. So because it is an internationally found stone, it is best to use the international consensus, which is jadeite and nephrite. And since I am not Chinese, that is what I will call them.[/QUOTE]
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