CHRYSOPRASE CHUNK SPECIMEN
Large Chrysoprase Chunk Specimen with great green colour. It is translucent showing the grain, colour banding and slightly porous. Great for carving or as a brightly apple coloured mineral specimen. This is from very old stock. Stunning. Two flat cut faces really shows the interior of this Chrysoprase.
Location:
Marlborough, Queensland, Australia.
Dimensions:
12cm x 7.3cm x 4.3cm, 422g.
CHRYSOPRASE
Chrysoprase, chrysophrase or chrysoprasus is a gemstone variety of chalcedony a cryptocrystalline form of silica that contains small quantities of nickel. The best colour is apple green which imitates Imperial Jade from Asia, but varies from deep green, blue grey to lemon. The darker varieties are called prase.