Usage examples (7)

• So that Turkish hara may well refer to 'jadestone'-especially since the Turkish word for' jade, yeshim, means 'jasper' and 'porphyry' as well.
• The walls were of coral, the roof of jadestone and chalcedony, and the floors were of the finest mother-of-pearl.
• But noticing in the winter apartment a jadestone bowl, full of single narcissi, in clusters of three or five, Pao-yü began praising their beauty with all the language he...
• They are now made of bamboo, but formerly were made of copper, jadestone, or marble, as such materials were considered less liable to be affected by the weather.