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
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.
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