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NEPHRITE [2 records]

Record 1 2016-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
DEF

An exceptionally tough, compact, fine-grained, greenish or bluish amphibole (specifically tremolite or actinolite) constituting the less rare or valuable kind of jade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

[...] il faut signaler la néphrite, trémolite très tenace dû à un fin feutrage d'aiguilles, d'une très belle couleur verte, recherchée par les lapidaires [...]

OBS

Variété de jade (qui passait pour guérir les reins).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
DEF

Anfíbol sin alúmina, rico en jade, que cristaliza en el sistema clinorrómbico [...]

OBS

[La nefrita] se encuentra en forma de agregados compactos, de color verde o grisáceo.

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Record 2 2003-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urinary Tract
  • Symptoms (Medicine)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareil urinaire
  • Symptômes (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vías urinarias
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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