Jade, also known as jadeite, jadeite and Burmese jade, is a kind of fibrous aggregate jade, which is composed of pyroxene minerals mainly composed of jadeite minerals. It is translucent to opaque or rarely transparent. Jadeite is mainly composed of jadeite or jadeite and sodalite, and may also contain amphibole, feldspar and chromite. Common varieties are Laokeng jadeite, ice jadeite and water jadeite.