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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (314367)10/15/2016 8:21:10 PM
From: koan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 540683
 
That is so cool, titillating-lol.

<<A giant jade stone weighing 175 tonnes has been uncovered by miners in Myanmar.

The stone is 4.3m (14ft) high and 5.8m (19ft) long, and is reportedly worth an estimated $170m (£140m).

It was found in a mine in the jade-producing Kachin state, in the north of the country.

Myanmar, also known as Burma, is the source of nearly all of the world's finest jadeite, a near-translucent green stone.



To: T L Comiskey who wrote (314367)10/15/2016 11:40:10 PM
From: Gib Bogle  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 540683
 
Is it jade or jadeite? They are different stones. Jade, or nephrite jade, is extremely tough.