Search for dissertations about: "Jadeite"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word Jadeite.

  2. 1. Experimental Study of some Potassium and Sodium Bearing Aluminosilicates at High Temperatures and High Pressures

    Author : Faramarz Tutti; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Earth sciences; Phlogopite; Orthoclase; Jadeite; Albite; Calcium ferrite; Hollandite; Dehydroxylation; High temperature; High pressure; Lower mantle; Geochemistry; Geovetenskap; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; mineralogi; petrologi och tektonik; Mineral Chemistry; Petrology and Tectonics;

    Abstract : This dissertation presents the results of a high-temperature and high-pressure experimental study of some abundant aluminositicates, which are the main repositories for the two geochemically important elements, sodium and potassium, in the Earth's crust. Phase transitions of end member alkali feldspars and jadeite clinopyroxene are studied at high and ultrahigh pressures corresponding to the conditions between the transition zone and the deep Earth's lower mantle. READ MORE

  4. 2. Spectral Jade : Materiality, Conceptualisation, and Value in the Myanmar-China Jadeite Trade

    Author : Henrik Möller; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; jade; china; Yunnan; Ruili; Myanmar; Kachin; borderland; Ethnicity; trade; Craft; markets; guanxi; masculinity; Materiality; ontology; Conceptual; nonhuman; Holism; analogism; Taoism; Nationalism; authenticity; Spirituality; Value; morality; ethnography; narratives;

    Abstract : Hosting a cultural history of 8.000 years in China, jade has seen a revival in China’s current era. Jadeite is the most expensive type of jade, and the vast majority of jadeite is mined in Myanmar’s Kachin State and sold in China.Spectral Jade is a study of trade, carving, and use of jadeite. READ MORE