和田玉碧玉属于透闪石玉，是由蛇纹岩侵入基性火山岩等围岩后形成的软玉，不透明，颜色多呈暗红色、绿色或杂色。按颜色命名可称红碧玉、绿碧玉等，世界范围内的软玉除昆仑山、北美洲、大洋州等地也多出产碧玉，在新疆玉石市场有俄罗斯碧玉、加拿大碧玉、和田碧玉和玛河碧玉。

Hetian jade jasper belongs to tremolite, is formed by serpentinite invasion of basic volcanic rock and other surrounding rocks nephrite, opaque, color is dark red, green or varietal. Name by color can call red jasper, green jasper to wait, the nephrite inside world limits divides kunlun mountain, North America, ocean state to wait for the ground also produces jasper more, in Xinjiang jade market has Jasper of Russia, Canada, hetian and ma River jasper.

碧玉（Jasperite） [1]  是软玉里的一个品种，在中国以准噶尔盆地南缘的玛钠斯县出产量和俄罗斯产量最大，市场上主要有玛钠斯碧玉 俄罗斯碧玉。碧玉按照颜色还可以细分为：菠菜绿、阳绿、浅绿、鸭蛋青、苹果绿等。

Jasper (Jasperite) [1] is a variety of nephrite, in China to the southern edge of junggar Basin manas county output and Russia output is the largest, the market is mainly Manas Jasper Russian jasper. Jasper can also be subdivided according to color: spinach green, Yang green, light green, duck egg green, apple green.