21. Khotan was a source of nephrite , a material much valued in China since the Hongshan period. 22. The site is believed to be where nephrite tools and ornaments were manufactured, hence the name. 23. White nephrite is milky in appearance and may have reddish-brown, black or green bands. 24. Nephrite , one of the two minerals of the gemstone jade, is a green variety of tremolite.25. The first three are nephrite jade, while " tangiwai " is a form of bowenite. 26. This has led archaeologists to believe that the white nephrite artefacts are from local deposit in the Philippines. 27. In the first anime adaptation, Queen Beryl appoints Nephrite to continue the energy hunting job after freezing Jadeite. 28. Zoisite first mocks Nephrite after Jadeite is killed, and then cries out in anguish when he is killed. 29. Jadeite and nephrite artifacts found in the new world were at one point thought to have been from Asia. 30. :The Nephrite variety of Jade consists of amphiboles in the solid solution series tremolite-actinolite-ferroactinolite.
