Definition of "jadestone" []

• A semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "So that Turkish hara may well refer to 'jadestone'-especially since the Turkish word for' jade, yeshim, means 'jasper' and 'porphyry' as well."
• "But noticing in the winter apartment a jadestone bowl, full of single narcissi, in clusters of three or five, Pao-yü began praising their beauty with all the language he could command."
• "The walls were of coral, the roof of jadestone and chalcedony, and the floors were of the finest mother-of-pearl."