Yes Jade is a mineral. From the perspective of western gem culture, jade has two kinds: soft and hard. Usually jade refers to nephrite, which belongs to one of the most common jewels. Yaoling Village, Jiangkou Town, Pingchang County, Bazhong City is a professional producer of jade mines, so there are jade mines in Pingchang. Pingchang County belongs to Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, located in the northeast of Sichuan, at the southern foot of Micang Mountain, with Wanyuan City and Xuanhan County in the east and Dazhou City in the south.