Abstract:Taishan jade is produced in Taishan mountain in Tai'an city of Shandong province. It belongs to serpentinite quality jade, and formed in Neoarchean Wutai formation in about 26 million years ago. The jade was black, light green and dark green with dense block. Its texture is delicate, moist, oil sheen and opaquetranslucent. Its hardness is 4.8~5.5. According to the color of jade, impurity composition, microstructure and other characteristics, it can be divided into three types, such as Taishan black jade, Taishan jasper and Taishan coroba plaque jade. Taishan jade deposit is formed by high temperature gasliquid metamorphism of Mgrich ultramafic rocks. It belongs to metamorphosed ultrabasic magmatic deposits.