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Chrysoprase, chrysophrase or chrysoprasus is a gemstone variety of chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline form of silica) that contains small quantities of nickel. Its color is normally apple-green, but varies to deep green. The darker varieties of chrysoprase are also referred to as prase. (However, the term prase is also used to describe chlorite-inclu...
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• (n.) An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.
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brittle, translucent, semiprecious chalcedony (q.v.), a variety of the silica mineral quartz. It owes its bright apple-green colour to colloidally ... [1 related articles]
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Chrys'o·prase noun [ Middle English
crisopace , Old French
crisoprace , French
chrysoprase , Latin
chrysoprasus , from Greek ...;
chryso`s gold + ... leek.]
(Min.) An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and i...
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Chrysoprase is a green variety of chalcedony, coloured by nickel. When heated or exposed to sunlight the mineral often becomes paler, the colour being restored after exposure to moisture. It is a brittle mineral and is inclined to crack in cutting or setting. It is often extremely beautiful, so that it is much esteemed in jewelry. It is translucent...
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n] - a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone
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noun a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone
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a green variety of chalcedony, sometimes used as a gem.
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