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Jade

An opaque, semiprecious stone establish in shades of green, light purple, yellow, pink and also creamy white shades. The term jade is frequently used to describe both jadeite and nephrite that are similar in appearance and use. The best excellence jade comes from Myanmar.

 

Jasper

Jasper is an opaque and fine grained diversity of chalcedony quartz. It is establish all over the world in all colors including: red, brown, pink, yellow, green, and even grey/white and shades of blue and purple and is often spotted (Dalmatian), striped (banded jasper), and/or even multi colored (picture jasper, poppy jasper).