Chrysoprase Definition

krĭsə-prāz
noun
A light-green variety of chalcedony, sometimes used as a semiprecious stone.
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Origin of Chrysoprase

  • Middle English crisopase from Old French crisopras from Latin chrȳsoprasus from Greek khrūsoprasos khrūso- chryso- prason leek

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Chrysoprase Sentence Examples

  • Verse India, its home, sends us the stone called chrysoprase.

  • You must wish to wear or carry rose quartz, rebellitc tourmaline, lavender, jade or chrysoprase.

  • See AGATE, BLOODSTONE, CARNELIAN, CHRYSOPRASE, HELIOTROPE, MOCHA STONE, ONYX, SARD and SARDONYX.

  • Chrysoprase, mined near Porterville and near Visalia (Tulare county), is used partly for gems, but more largely (like the vesuvianite found near Exeter, in the same county) for mosaic work; and there are ledges of fine rose quartz in the Coahuila mountains of Riverside county and near Lemon Cove, Tulare county.

  • May - Lovely green emerald is the May stone and chrysoprase is the alternate.

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