What is an apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry called?
chrysoprase — An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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