Mineralogical studies of the Niah West Mouth jade lingling-o


 

THE SARAWAK MUSEUM JOURNAL
Vol. LXI No. 82 DECEMBER 2005
 
 
Title : 
Mineralogical Studies of the Niah West Mouth Jade Lingling-O.
Author : 
Yoshiyuki lizuka, Peter Bellwood, Ipoi Datan and Hung Hsiao-chun
Abstract:
Non-invasive1 mineralogical studies of deep green jade earring (lingling-o) from Niah Cave West Mouth in Sarawak have been conducted using a low-vacuum scanning electron microscope with an energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer. The Niah earring is identified as nephrite (tremolite-actinolite) with zinc bearing chromian-spinel (chromite) inclusions. The mineralogical characteristics of this nephriteare very close to those of Fengtian nephrite from eastern Taiwan, this source being located approximately 2500 km to the north of the Niah Caves..
DOI:
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How to cite:
Yosyiyuki lizuka et al. (2005). Mineralogical Studies of the Niah West Mouth Jade Lingling-O. The Sarawak Museum Journal, LXI (82): 19-30
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