Jade
An umbrella gem-material term for nephrite, jadeite, and, under defined conditions, green omphacite; it is not one mineral.
How it connects
Jade is a kind of Mineral.
Other kinds of Mineral: Aluminium hydroxide, Barium sulfate, Calcium carbonate, Carbon black, Cementitious, Ceramic, Clay, Feldspar, Filler, Flame retardant additive, Glass, Gypsum, Mica, Mineral oxide, Mineral wool, Obsidian, Pigment, Plaster, Plasterboard, Sand, Silica, Silicon, Stone, Talc and Zinc sulfide.
In other taxonomies
- jade (rock)Getty AAT, 300011119nearly the same
- nephriteWikidata, Q138979theirs is narrower
- jadeiteWikidata, Q422173theirs is narrower
- Uniclassno equivalent
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Top of the axis
- Mineral26
26 terms, Ceramic to Aluminium hydroxide
The word “jade”
2 meanings
- JadeMaterial, this termNo default
- jadeColorScope named colorNo default
Record
- Broader
- Mineral
- Provenance
- referencedhttps://www.gia.edu/jade-description, read 30 Aug 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/jadeKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderMineraloutgoing
- narrowerMineralincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Mineraloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Aluminium hydroxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Barium sulfateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Calcium carbonateoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Carbon blackoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Cementitiousoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Ceramicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Clayoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Feldsparoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Filleroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Flame retardant additiveoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Glassoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Gypsumoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Micaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral oxideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Mineral wooloutgoing
- sibling (derived)Obsidianoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Pigmentoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasterboardoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Sandoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Silicaoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Siliconoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Stoneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Talcoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Zinc sulfideoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getty AAT | 300011119 | jade (rock) | nearly the same |
| Wikidata | Q138979 | nephrite | theirs is narrower |
| Wikidata | Q422173 | jadeite | theirs is narrower |
| Uniclass | no equivalent | searched 21 Oct 2026Jade via https://uniclass.thenbs.com/search?query=Jade&filter=status%3ACurrent | none |