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chrysoprase

/kris-uh-preyz/US // ˈkrɪs əˌpreɪz //UK // (ˈkrɪsəˌpreɪz) //

金绿宝石,绿松石,绿宝石,绿玉髓

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Mineralogy.

    • : a green variety of chalcedony, sometimes used as a gem.

Examples

  • Her pretty lips laughed as she swam towards him, the sole atom in an immensity of chrysoprase.

  • The chrysoprase of the moderns is certainly not the chrysoprasius of Pliny, or the χρυσόπρασος 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 saffron became fire; the fire lit up a heaven of chrysoprase and rose.