Transvaal jade

Transvaal Jade
"Transvaal Jade" is translucent green garnet.
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TRANSVAAL JADE
Transvaal jade is not jade; it is a green to gray massive variety of grossular garnet, calcium-aluminum silicate. It is found about 40 miles west of Pretoria, South Africa.

Transvaal jade: See African Jade.
Treated Turquoise: A process by which the pores of the turquoise stone are filled with a transparent substance such as mineral oil, paraffin wax, or plastic to improve the color and make it more desirable.

Transvaal Jade
Translucent Green Hydrogrossular Garnet
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African jade, Transvaal jade and Garnet jade
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African JadeAfrican jade (also called Transvaal jade) is a misnomer for massive green grossular garnet that is mined in South Africa; it is not jade, but does look like jade.

aka Buddstone, Garnet Jade, Grossular Garnet, South African Jade, Transvaal Jade
This gemstone is mined in the reaches of Africa, and for this reason gets its name. It is not a real jade, but actually an opaque grossular garnet that resembles jade.

African jade (also called Transvaal jade) is a misnomer for massive green grossular garnet that is mined in South Africa; it is not jade, but does look like jade. It can be light green, white, or pink.
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Translucentgrossularite may be confused with jadeite or misnamed as 'South African Jade.' Found in Transvaalit is also erroneously called 'Transvaal Jade.

garnet occurs in a wide variety of colors from emerald green, to brown, olive green, orange, pink, and yellow. Color varieties of grossular include: Californite (American Jade), hessonite (cinnamon stone, Gomedhaka), hydrogrossular, Transvaal Jade, ...

Common misnomers and the materials they represent are: "Korean" Jade for serpentine or gem serpentine (bowenite), "Indian" Jade for aventurine, "Mexican Jade" for green-dyed calcite, "Transvaal Jade" for green hydrogrossular garnet, ...

See also: Color, Garnet, Translucent, Jewel, Emerald