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This section concerns raw jade finds in Europe and their uses, both ancient and modern. The main sites are listed below. Geological reports over the past few decades have included notices of small finds in situ in France, Germany and Finland but they are negligible in both quality and quantity. Many other pieces of both nephrite and jadeite, as rough stones and as finished objects, have been found all over Europe but the areas mentioned here are those where only verified local finds have been made. Others found may be of random occurrence as a result of natural causes such as the movement of glaciers or of human migrations.
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Sir Charles Hardinge, Jade Fact and Fable, London, 1961,p. 13.
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Evans, Rudolph II and His World, Oxford, 1973, p. 247.
Evans, Rudolph II and His World, Oxford, 1973, p. 215.
Evans, Rudolph II and His World, Oxford, 1973, p. 216;
Hardinge, Jade Fact and Fable, London, 1961, p. 10.
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Frey, R., Skelton, R. (1991). Jade in Europe. In: Keverne, R. (eds) Jade. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3922-3_13
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