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Nephrite Jade in West Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

B. C. M. Butler
B. C. M. Butler
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Mineralogy, University Museum, Oxford
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Two pebbles of the nephrite variety of jade were found by the author in 1955 in the river bed of the Teri Toi in Kohat District of former North-West Frontier Province of West Pakistan; the positive identification of the compositions of the pebbles was, however, not made until February, 1962. This appears to be the first authenticated record of either of the true jade minerals (nephrite or jadeite) in Pakistan or India, and the discovery is of significance in relation to the unsolved problem of the origin of the raw material of Indian carved jade.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 95 , Issue 3-4 , October 1963 , pp. 130 - 139
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1963

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