jade

Summary

jade ranks in the top 0.58% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,278 views/month, #453 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• jade is a type of metamorphic rock^[2].
• jade is a type of gemstone^[3].
• jade's Commons category is recorded as Jade^[4].
• jade's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jade^[5].
• jade's Commons gallery is recorded as Jade^[6].
• jade's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[7].
• jade's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[8].
• jade's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[9].
• jade's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include metamorphic rock^[2] and gemstone^[3].

Influence

Things named for jade include jadeite^[11], a mineral species^[12] and Nihonkai Hisui Line^[13], a railway line^[14], in Japan^[15], founded in 2015^[16].

Why It Matters

jade ranks in the top 0.58% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,278 views/month, #453 of 77,819).^[1] jade has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] jade is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Entities named for jade include jadeite^[11], a mineral species^[12] and Nihonkai Hisui Line^[13], a railway line^[14], in Japan^[15], founded in 2015^[16].