Carved nephrite
A tiki from New Zealand (left), a seal from British Colombia, and a Chinese vase all carved from nephrite. Nephrite is actually not a mineral outright, but is a variety of the mineral actinolite
Picture No
10703734
Media ID
47586590
Size
5275px x 3876px
(17.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Actinolite Aerinite Arctoidea Caniformia Carnivora Epitheria Eutheria Gemstone Honeyeater Inosilicate Jade Meliphagidae Miner Mineral Nephrite Passeriformes Passerine Pinniped Pinnipedia Placental Sculpted Theria Tiki
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