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ID: 300379298
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300379298

 

Record Type: concept
kahurangi (rock) (pounamu, rock (inorganic material), ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Rarest variety of Maori pounamu stone; usually a variety of nephrite, it is highly translucent and often comes in vivid shades of green.
 
Terms:
kahurangi (rock) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,L,N)
kahurangi (rock) (Maori-P,D,U,U)
kahurangi (Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by composition>
............ <materials by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of inorganic material
................ inorganic material (G)
Hierarchy of rock (inorganic material)
.................... rock (inorganic material) (G)
Hierarchy of pounamu
........................ pounamu (G)
Hierarchy of kahurangi (rock)
............................ kahurangi (rock) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Kahurangi is de meest zeldzame pounamu-steensoort (een woord uit het Maori). Het is doorgaans een vorm van nefriet, zeer doorschijnend en vaak felgroen van kleur. 

Sources and Contributors:
kahurangi (rock)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, TePapa Preferred, VP Preferred]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  Chapman, Working of Greenstone (1892)
.............................  Craighead Tennant et al., Studies of New Zealand pounamu using Mössbauer spectroscopy (2005)
.............................  Manutchehr-Danai, Dictionary of Gems and Gemology (2000)
.............................  Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 15 August 2012
.............................  Te Papa spreadsheet (2012)
.............................  UvA Talen
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
............  Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 15 August 2012
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Manutchehr-Danai, Dictionary of Gems and Gemology (2000)
.......... Te Papa online (2000-) accessed 15 August 2012
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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