This amazingly beautiful pebble of Russian Nephrite. It is rare to get a Nephrite pieces this colors and this one is just gorgeous. This NEW mineral smoke green blue Jadeite (Nephrite, Nephritoide) is found  in Ural Mountains, Russia and occurs in various shades of smoke grey, green, blue, pale purple. The item listed was photographed individually, so you are bidding on and will receive exactly what you see in the photo below. The colors of the stone is depending on the light strikes the surface of the stone.

This pebble measures approximately 50 x 35 x 5 mm, the weight is 19 gram

Nephrite is one of the two minerals called jade. Nephrite is more abundant than jadeite and has few color varieties, ranging from creamy white to green. Nephrite has many color varieties, it is more commonly found as a grey green, and may also be white, a pale blue-gray, or even a pale purple.

*Chemistry: Na(Al, Fe)Si2O6, Sodium Aluminum Iron Silicate.
*Uses: as an ornamental stone used for carvings and semi/precious to precious stone used in jewelry
*Color is usually green to grayish/green, white, pale shades of blue or purple, may also be yellow or pink.
*Associated Minerals are quartz, serpentine, nepheline, calcite, aragonite and vesuvianite. 

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