Thread: Agate / Greenstone?

Originally Posted by Geezer

There is a type of Jade used in Asia and this country more as a final finish honing / burnishing than sharpening on surgical and dental tools.

I had one the size of a barber hone that was colored like a Nephrite jade in looks and it was a very final finisher for carving tools. It was stolen from my belongings when I returned to the USA from Japan and my sea bag was lost for four months and any thing of value was removed..

There is a Jadeite mined in Wyoming.
~Richard

There is only one true jade and that is Jadeite. Nephrite is called jade because it looks like it but it's a totally different mineral. Wyoming is famous for Nephrite but I hadn't heard of Jadeite from there or anyplace else in the U.S in commercial sized deposits.