Nephrite used in a sentence

Nephrite in a sentence as a noun

For teeth, you want nephrite as the base with a thin shell of corundum on the surface.

That's why my favorite stones are corundum and nephrite.

If you want a mineral that you can really pound on without it breaking, you want nephrite. The Maori made war clubs out of it. Bring a diamond to a nephrite fight, and you're going to end up in the stewpot.

A nephrite bell or war club is reasonable, whereas trying for the same with diamond would be insane. When your workforce lacks diversity, you are counting on its resulting strength to accomplish some goal before an unexpected shock shatters the organization.

Mass production would probably have to be more like finding a method to synthesize artificial minerals similar to nephrite, chalcedony, or carbonado. Perhaps slag wool, basalt fiber wool, ceramic fiber wool, or fiberglass wool, compressed into a felt, then impregnated with a noncrystalline material or polymer?

I'm also good with nephrite and jadeite, which can take a pounding, due to their fibrous crystals and interlocking crystals, respectively. The spouse is not okay with this, and makes only token efforts to hide disdain, but I am stubborn enough to die before giving a single penny to some parasitic international diamond cartel, just for a little bit more refractive index, hardness, and thermal conductivity.