Editing Nephrite (section)

===Neolithic and Chalcolithic Europe===
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A lot of nephrite tools and amulets are known since the Early Neolithic (7th millennium BC) to the Late Chalcolithic (5th millennium BC) on the Balkans (mainly Bulgaria; also in Greece, Serbia, Croatia) from two or more unknown sources — Balkan "nephrite culture."<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Kostov |first=Ruslan I. |date=November 30, 2013 |title=Nephrite-yielding prehistoric cultures and nephrite occurrences in Europe: archaeomineralogical review |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261795355_Nephrite-yielding_prehistoric_cultures_and_nephrite_occurrences_in_Europe_archaeomineralogical_review |journal=Haemus Journal |volume=2 |pages=11-30 |via=ResearchGate}}</ref> Such tools are found in the Later Neolithic of Poland (from the most probable local source Jordanów), Sardinia (Italy) (unknown source) and Switzerland.<ref name=":0" /> Single or just a few finds of nephrite artifacts are also reported from some other European countries.