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Got this green stone on an asian carved stand today; 7" x 4" not carved and just a green river type stone. Anything special about this rock to justify an old carved stand? Stone Mountain art?

The fractures are such that a carver cannot use it.
From that point on it's destined to be sold to tourists. You did not tell us the result of a scratch test.
Ernest

Scratches same colour as rock, hardstone, hard to scratch. X marks the spot but almost invisable to the naked eye.

True the stone has fractures. Big rock at almost 3 pounds. Nice colour for an unpolished stone.

As I explained, the 2 - 3 mm scratch MUST be white or black !!
Ernest

Your stone looks very much like California Serpentine which is abundant in California and is the state stone. The color ranges from bright green to a dark, blue-green. The shape and flat base on your stone suggests that it may have been displayed as a Viewing Stone or Suiseki.

Below is a picture of a piece of California Serpentine which has not been weathered or polished smooth.

Does not look like California serpentine; took two more photos, one under table light and one in total darkness with flash. Put the stone popsicle with it, to show they look like the same stone type. Both look more like the under table light photo without flash, then darkness with a flash.

Went to local rock shop and they said the stone on a stand is positively nephrite jade, no question about it, also said for $85.00 they could get the rock certified. Pay $9.00 for a green rock and they want $85.00 for a piece of paper claiming it is a green rock? Got to love America.

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