See also:

• CHRYSOPRASE (Gr. Xpvvor, gold, and apaorov, leek)

CHRYSOPRASE (Gr. Xpvvor, See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold, and apaorov, See also:

• LEEK

leek)  , a name applied by See also:

• MODERN

modern mineralogists to an See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple-See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green variety of See also:

• CHALCEDONY, or CALCEDONY (sometimes called by old writers cassidoine)

chalcedony or hornstone, used as an ornamental See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone . The See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour is due to the presence of See also:

• NICKEL
• NICKEL (symbol Ni, atomic weight 58.68 (0=16))

nickel, probably in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of a hydrous silicate . By exposure to a moderate See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, or to strong See also:

• LIGHT

light, the See also:

• CHRYSOPRASE (Gr. Xpvvor, gold, and apaorov, leek)

chrysoprase becomes paler, or even colourless, but it may regain its colour by absorption of moisture . Chrysoprase is a See also:

• MINERAL

mineral of rather limited See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution . Most of it comes from the neighbourhood of See also:

• FRANKENSTEIN

Frankenstein in See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia, where it occurs in association with altered See also:

• SERPENTINE

serpentine . It is found to a limited extent at Revdinsk, near See also:

• EKATERINBURG

Ekaterinburg, in the Urals; and it occurs also in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . It is known, too, at several localities in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America, notably at Nickel See also:

• MOUNT, WILLIAM SIDNEY (1807-1868)

Mount, See also:

• DOUGLAS
• DOUGLAS, GAVIN (1474?-1522)
• DOUGLAS, JOHN (1721—1807.)
• DOUGLAS, SIR CHARLES
• DOUGLAS, SIR HOWARD
• DOUGLAS, STEPHEN ARNOLD (18,3–1861)

Douglas See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county, See also:

• OREGON

Oregon, where it occurs in nickeliferous serpentine . The chrysoprase of the moderns is certainly not the chrysoprasius of See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, or the Xpvalnrpaaos of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek writers . The See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient stone was not improbably our See also:

• CHRYSOBERYL

chrysoberyl, and it is doubtful whether the modern chrysoprase was known until a comparatively See also:

• LATE

late See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . The chrysoprase of Kosemutz, near Frankenstein in Silesia, was discovered in 1740, and used by See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick the See also:

• GREAT

Great in the decoration of the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of Sans Souci at See also:

• POTSDAM

Potsdam . But at a much earlier date the Silesian chrysoprase was used for mural decoration at the See also:

• WENZEL, KARL FRIEDRICH (1740-1793)

Wenzel See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel at See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague . Chrysoprase was a favourite stone in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England at the beginning of the 19th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, being set See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round with small brilliants and used for brooches and rings .

At the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it is said to be regarded by some as a " lucky stone." Much commercial chrysoprase is chalcedony artificially stained by impregnation with a green See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt of nickel . (F . W .