New 600-ton 'king of jade' discovered in Liaoning  

遼寧丹東發(fā)現(xiàn)600噸巨型單體“玉王”

遼寧省丹東市寬甸滿族自治縣近日發(fā)現(xiàn)巨型單體玉石。。這塊巨型玉石顯露在外的部分直徑8米、高4米、厚3米，體積96立方米，估重約600噸。寬甸縣方面表示，鑒于這塊玉石顯露部分已超過岫巖“玉王”，決定沖擊世界上體積最大的單體玉石記錄，成為新“玉王”。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) – A massive block of jade has been discovered in a county of northeast China's Liaoning province.

At eight meters long, three meters wide and four meters high, the exposed part of the jade weighs approximately 600 tons. Officials in the Kuandian Manchu Autonomous County said the jade is larger than the Hemo Jade, currently the world's largest, and that they will apply for a new world record.

Like the famous Hetian jade, the new discovery is composed of tremolite, a kind of nephrite jade mined from Xinjiang.

The Hemo Jade was found by a farmer in Xiuyan county, Liaoning province, in 1998.