Chrysoprase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An apple-green chalcedony used as a gemstone.
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  • n. A variety of light-green translucent quartz.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A variety of chalcedony commonly apple-green in color and often extremely beautiful, so that it is much esteemed in jewelry.
  • n. The ancient name of a golden-green precious stone, now generally believed to have been a variety of the beryl or possibly a green variety of fluor-spar (chlorophane), which possesses the properly of shining in the dark or by the heat of the hand.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chalcedony    transparent gem    calcedony   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chalcedony    cornelian    chrysolite    sapphirine    lazuli   
     
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