Sample Information (Mayir Mamtimin)

The samples were acquired from the city of Khotan in western China. Khotan jade,known as 和田玉(HeTianYu) in Chinese, is regarded as the most premium jade type in China. Jade has special meanings and importance due to Chinese culture. It is extremely hard to differentiate fake jades from real ones. Hopefully this study can show some scientific basis on the elemental concentration of different samples.

Sample Label Mass,g KQT-1 1.666 KQT-2 7.149 UT-1 8.279 UT-2 12.920 UT-3 16.664 T-1 6.733 T-2 12.147 T-3 14.298