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Chrysoprase means (mineralogy) A variety of light-green translucent quartz..
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/ˈkɹɪsəˌpɹeɪz/ · noun
(mineralogy) A variety of light-green translucent quartz..
[…]or such pale green and uncertain as we see in sunset sky, and in the clefts of the glacier and the chrysoprase,[…]
With shaken soul of light and shuddering blaze Of leaping emerald and cold chrysoprase
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Chrysoprase means (mineralogy) A variety of light-green translucent quartz..
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[…]or such pale green and uncertain as we see in sunset sky, and in the clefts of the glacier and the chrysoprase,[…]
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