Jade 'Yuan' Disk

Slightly translucent, mottled dark green actinolite

Translucent, deep celadon-green and opaque, bone-colored nephrite

Calcified, whitish nephrite; only a few spots of the original dark green color remain

Mottled green nephrite with long whitish streaks and a brownish area; Middle Yellow River basin, Shenmu Shimao contexts

Evenly light green, highly translucent nephrite

Light green nephrite with tan spots, turning dark brown at the lower end

Variegated creamy buff and light brown nephrite with two broad bluish green bands

Large and heavy disk of an inferior stone of brownish and greenish color, with a smooth but dull surface.

Dark chocolate-brown nephrite with 20th-century inscription

Gray-green nephrite with light and dark brown cloud-like markings

Translucent, evenly pale green nephrite with a few brown markings

Black and blackish green stone