How To Use Chrysoprase In A Sentence
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In vases of delicate murra huge bunches of blood-red roses hung their drooping heads, and beneath the feet carpets of heavy silk hid the exquisite beauty of mosaics of lapis-lazuli and chrysoprase.
"Unto Caesar"
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Green jade looks like chrysoprase, emerald, or prase.
The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II
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Or, again, if we borrow from Pope Innocent III. his ideas as to the mystical meanings of gems, we find that chalcedony, which is pale in the light and sparkles in the dark, is synonymous with humility; the topaz with chastity and the merit of good works, while the chrysoprase, the queen of minerals, implies wisdom and watchfulness.
The Cathedral
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She makes 50 pieces a year using semiprecious stones such as aquamarines, hessonites, chrysoprase and pink tourmaline, and ranging from £800 to £50,000.
Adding Jewels to Their Crowns
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Kenneth Jay Lane, for example, converted a chrysoprase-and - "diamond" necklace dripping with pearls into a mask for Benedetta Barzini, daughter of the Italian writer Luigi Barzini.
A Night to Remember

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Poet to dictate blank verse to the pretty young secretary, who curled both feet round one leg of her chair, told him that she "loved his potry more'n anythink she'd ever read" and asked how all the hard words like "chrysoprase" and "asphdel" were spelt.
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It had been chrysoprase, then it turned to aquamarine, and that to the bright full green of an emerald.
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
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Bright green chrysoprase is very expensive, while Russian amber is so expensive, it's paid for by the gram.
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One could mistake cut and polished prase for chrysoprase, growstone, or green jade.
The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II
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The various colors of chalcedony have their own names: jasper when brown, carnelian when red or reddish-brown, chrysoprase when green, agate when banded with different colors.
Quartz
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It is set with three bunches of grapes made from carved chrysoprase.
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Eurmal, the Grain Goddesses, and Saint Xemela hold chrysoprase sacred, a strange combination of gods that vexes the devotees of each.
The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II
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Whenever you speak of water, treat it as fire -- of fire, _vice versa_, as water; and be sure to send them all shattering out of reach and discrimination of all sense; and look into a dictionary for some such word as "chrysoprase," which we find to come from χρυσος gold, and πρασον a leek, and means a precious stone; it is capable of being shattered, together with "sunshine" -- the reader will think the whole passage a "flash" of moonshine.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.
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One mermaid stretches her hand to a lotus flower while the other holds a bud, set with a chrysoprase, which forms the clasp.
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Humans can mistake leaf grow stone for chrysoprase, glass, jade, or prase.
The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II
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One can mistake cut and polished chrysoprase for emerald, glass, jade, or prase.
The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II
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One can mistake cut and polished chrysoprase for emerald, glass, jade, or prase.
The Lore of Gloranthan Gems and Near-Gems by Martin R. Crim Part II
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In their day, pieces were decorated with enamels or semi-precious stones, and the jewellery adorned by amethysts, chrysoprase and moonstones and more - chosen for their artistic merits rather than value.
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In their day, pieces were decorated with enamels or semi-precious stones, and the jewellery adorned by amethysts, chrysoprase and moonstones and more - chosen for their artistic merits rather than value.