Study on Mineralogy of Balin Chicken-Blood Stone

Balin Chicken-Blood Stone is a famous jade in Inner Mongolia and has more than 10 varieties Four samples of Balin Chicken-Blood Stone have been tested by means of EPMA, XRD and IR The results show that there are differences in the mineral constituent among the varieties The major minerals of porcelain-white Chicken-Blood Stone and gray-jelly Chicken-Blood Stone are disordered kaolinite and cinnabar, whereas that of black-jelly and lotus-jelly varieties are disordered dickite and cinnabar Besides, minor diaspore is found in black-jelly Chicken-Blood Stone