Lavender Jade
A variety of Jadeite
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Formula:
Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
A lavender coloured dense, cryptocrystalline material consisting mainly of jadeite, which is used for carving and as an ornamental stone. It's technically a rock, not a mineral, and also contains minor albite (3-8 wt.-%), tremolite (2-5 wt.-%) and traces of aegirine and aegirine-augite. The base colour is caused by manganese (originally it was attributed to iron, while various tinges are caused by traces of vanadium, nickel and manganese in varying proportions).
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
41704 (as Lavender Jade)
2062 (as Jadeite)
2062 (as Jadeite)
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:41704:8 (as Lavender Jade)
mindat:1:1:2062:2 (as Jadeite)
mindat:1:1:2062:2 (as Jadeite)
Chemistry of Lavender Jade
Mindat Formula:
Na(Al,Fe3+)Si2O6
Element Weights:
Other Information
Health Risks:
No information on health risks for this material has been entered into the database. You should always treat mineral specimens with care.
Internet Links for Lavender Jade
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References for Lavender Jade
Reference List:
Rossman, George R. (1974) Lavender jade. The optical spectrum of Fe3+ and Fe2+ -> Fe3+ intervalence charge transfer in jadeite from Burma. American Mineralogist, 59 (7-8). 868-870
Localities for Lavender Jade
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? - Indicates mineral may be doubtful at this locality.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
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Struck out - Mineral was erroneously reported from this locality.
Faded * - Never found at this locality but inferred to have existed at some point in the past (e.g. from pseudomorphs).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
- Good crystals or important locality for species.
- World class for species or very significant.
(TL) - Type Locality for a valid mineral species.
(FRL) - First Recorded Locality for everything else (eg varieties).
All localities listed without proper references should be considered as questionable.
Japan | |
| Miyajima (2014) |
