Miniature Jade Dagger-Axe

Stone

Creamy white, translucent nephrite

Translucent gray and smoke-brown nephrite

Light green glass, with a brittle, creamy brown surface layer

Mottled light gray and whitish opaque nephrite blade; bronze haft

Pale green nephrite with russet markings and a dark brown spot

Serpentine

Creamy white and yellowish, opaque stone with a glossy polish partly weathered

Dark bluish green, largely discolored nephrite

Pale yellowish green translucent nephrite with tan and brown markings

Light gray nephrite in a state of advanced calcification; cinnabar pigment

Strongly translucent, apple-green nephrite with brown streaks and with opaque, light brown areas where calcification has taken place