By exposure to a moderate heat, or to strong light, the chrysoprase becomes paler, or even colourless, but it may regain its colour by absorption of moisture.
The chrysoprase of the moderns is certainly not the chrysoprasius of Pliny, or the [Greek: chrysoprasos] of Greek writers.
But at a much earlier date the Silesian chrysoprase was used for mural decoration at the Wenzel chapel at Prague.
Much commercial chrysoprase is chalcedony artificially stained by impregnation with a green salt of nickel.
The chrysoprase of Kosemuetz, near Frankenstein in Silesia, was discovered in 1740, and used by Frederick the Great in the decoration of the palace of Sans Souci at Potsdam.
The ancient stone was not improbably our chrysoberyl, and it is doubtful whether the modern chrysoprase was known until a comparatively late period.
Chrysoprase is a mineral of rather limited distribution.
Chrysoprase was a favourite stone in England at the beginning of the 19th century, being set round with small brilliants and used for brooches and rings.
From Llandaff I went to Tenby, an indescribably delightful place, with its varied coast, its wonderful caves, its rich festoons of clematis hanging over the cliffs, and its sapphire and chrysoprase seas.
Looking down from the ramparts into the deep clear chrysoprase water is in itself a delight, and watching the fish rising and leaping with sparkling showers, and the great white seagulls swooping down upon them.
He had one of the finest collections of chrysoprase in the world.
What the chrysoprase did for Cutty the fiddle did for this derelict--solved problems.
It was a unique game of solitaire, the photographs and chrysoprase being substituted for cards; and in some inexplicable manner it permitted him to concentrate upon whatever problem filled his thoughts.
Cutty played solitaire with his chrysoprase until the telephone broke in upon his reveries.
He gathered the chrysoprase and restored the stones to the canvas bag.
Beautiful chrysoprase comes from India and there are a few localities in our own country where it is found, it being usually associated with nickeliferous deposits.
Most chrysoprase now in use comes from localities in the province of Silesia in Germany, where it occurs in thin layers and veins in serpentine.
The name chrysoprase comes from two Greek words meaning golden leek and refers to the color of the stone.
Chrysoprase and Prase are terms applied to an apple green to bright green chalcedony or compact, jasper-like form of quartz.
Some authorities, however, call the green chalcedony plasma and restrict the term chrysoprase to the green compact quartz.
The delicate grey-green of the sparkling waters reminded me of the singular and well-defined belts and stretches of chrysoprase upon which you sometimes come in sailing through the dark azure of the Southern Seas.
The dirtiness of life seemed a part of her very being and an almost overwhelming desire to climb upon the railing of the bridge and leap down into the chrysoprase river swept over her.
Once as she walked at evening over the Rush Street bridge to her room on the North Side she looked up suddenly and saw the chrysoprase river running inland from the lake.
Late in the afternoon of the day on which Miss Vanderpoel rode away from West Ways with Lord Westholt, a stealthy and darkly purple cloud rose, lifting its ominous bulk against a chrysoprase and pink horizon.
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