chrysoprase
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) and πράσινον (prásinon, “green”).
Noun
chrysoprase (plural chrysoprases)
- (mineralogy) A variety of light-green translucent quartz.
- 1846, [John Ruskin], chapter 10, in Modern Painters , volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., , →OCLC, part III (Of Ideas of Beauty), section II (Of the Imaginative Faculty), § 7, page 79:
- […] or such pale green and uncertain as we see in sunset sky, and in the clefts of the glacier and the chrysoprase, […]
- 1911, George Sterling, Duandon:
- With shaken soul of light and shuddering blaze / Of leaping emerald and cold chrysoprase
Translations
variety of quartz
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2025) “Chrysoprase”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “chrysoprase”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
chrysoprase f (plural chrysoprases)
Further reading
- “chrysoprase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.