# 200 tons of jade

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-tons-of-jade/769178>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 20, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-tons-of-jade/769178 "2016-10-20T21:28:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-tons-of-jade/769178/1 "2016-10-20T21:28:37Z")

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[Link.](http://www.ecowatch.com/jade-stone-burma-2053629860.html)

Seems some diggers have uncovered a 200 ton block of jadeite worth $174.6 million. That’s one big hunk of precious rock. China will get the honor of turning it into statues and jewelry.

The most valuable rock I’ve ever found was a geode. :o

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**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-tons-of-jade/769178/2 "2016-10-20T21:53:36Z")

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Your title is how I feel about this election.

(Sorry, I just couldn’t resist.)

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-tons-of-jade/769178/3 "2016-10-20T23:10:02Z")

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Piffle. There’s an entire mountain of jade in Alaska called, aptly enough, [Jade Mountain](http://www.sitnews.us/JuneAllen/AlaskaJade/100504_jade_mountain.html).

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-tons-of-jade/769178/4 "2016-10-21T00:48:35Z")

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> [@Chefguy](#):
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> Piffle. There’s an entire mountain of jade in Alaska called, aptly enough, [Jade Mountain](http://www.sitnews.us/JuneAllen/AlaskaJade/100504_jade_mountain.html).

Soft jade.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/200-tons-of-jade/769178/5 "2016-10-21T01:41:24Z")

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> [@Melbourne](#):
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> Soft jade.

Specifically [nephrite, chrysotile, and tremolite](http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ardf/show-ardf.php?ardf_num=AR006).