Jade vs. Greenstone — What's the Difference?

Jade is an ornamental mineral, mostly known for its green varieties, though it appears naturally in other colors as well, notably yellow and white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminium in the pyroxene group of minerals).

Any of various altered basic igneous rocks colored green by chlorite, hornblende, or epidote.

A hard, typically green stone used for ornaments and implements and consisting of the minerals jadeite or nephrite

(archaeology) any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

(New Zealand) pounamu, the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite)

An old or worn-out horse.

A name formerly applied rather loosely to certain dark-colored igneous rocks, including diorite, diabase, etc.

Either of two distinct minerals, nephrite and jadeite, that are generally pale green or white and are used mainly as gemstones or in carving.

A carving made of jade.

Jade green.

A broken-down or useless horse; a nag.

A woman regarded as promiscuous.

An outgoing, often flirtatious girl.

A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.

A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.

A succulent plant, Crassula ovata.

A horse too old to be put to work.

A bad-tempered or disreputable woman.

Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.

To fatigue, tire, or weary (someone or something).

(obsolete) To treat (someone or something) like a jade; to spurn.

(obsolete) To make (someone or something) contemptible and ridiculous.

A stone, commonly of a pale to dark green color but sometimes whitish. It is very hard and compact, capable of fine polish, and is used for ornamental purposes and for implements, esp. in Eastern countries and among many early peoples.

A color resembling that of jade{1}; it varies from yellowish-green to bluish-green.

A mean or tired horse; a worthless nag.

A disreputable or vicious woman; a wench; a quean; also, sometimes, a worthless man.

A young woman; - generally so called in irony or slight contempt.

To treat like a jade; to spurn.

To make ridiculous and contemptible.

To exhaust by overdriving or long-continued labor of any kind; to tire, make dull, or wear out by severe or tedious tasks; to harass.

To become weary; to lose spirit.

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

A woman adulterer

A light green color varying from bluish green to yellowish green

An old or over-worked horse

Get tired of something or somebody

Exhaust or tire through overuse or great strain or stress;

Similar to the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green