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Definition of Chrysoprase
1. Noun. A green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone.
Definition of Chrysoprase
1. n. An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.
Definition of Chrysoprase
1. Noun. (mineral) A variety of light-green translucent quartz. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chrysoprase
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysoprase
Literary usage of Chrysoprase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Book of Precious Stones: The Identification of Gems and Gem Minerals, and by Julius Wodiska (1909)
"¡g The name chrysoprase is derived from two Greek words, meaning golden leek,
and describes ... A characteristic of chrysoprase is its splintery fracture; ..."
2. Gems, Jewelers' Materials, and Ornamental Stones of California by George Frederick Kunz (1905)
"chrysoprase. chrysoprase is a chalcedony that is colored a beautiful light ...
Within some years past several localities of chrysoprase have been opened in ..."
3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"chrysoprase. An apple-green or leek-green variety of chalcedony, coloured by nickel.
* chrysoprase EARTH. See 1 'ntr.uTi:. ..."
4. Precious Stones and Gems: Their History, Sources and Characteristics by Edwin William Streeter (1898)
"chrysoprase. HE chrysoprase is mentioned in the book of Ezekiel (c. xxvii., v.
... It has been said, however, that the chrysoprase of the Ancients was a ..."
5. Bulletin by North Carolina Dept. of Conservation and Development, North Carolina Geological Survey (1883-1905), North Carolina Geological and Economic Survey (1907)
"chrysoprase.—This valuable variety of chalcedony, colored green by oxide of
nickel, has recently been found in Buncombe County, near Morgan Hill, ..."
6. A Hand-book of Precious Stones by Meyer Daniel Rothschild (1889)
"The chrysoprase is an apple-green chalcedony, sometimes olive- or whitish-green.
... Large pieces of chrysoprase are rare, and even the best specimens lose ..."
7. A Treatise on Gems: In Reference to Their Practical and Scientific Value by Lewis Feuchtwanger (1838)
"The chrysoprase loses its colour by wearing, heat and sunlight likewise cause it
to fade, and render it dark and cloudy ; but the colour may be restored by ..."
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