Chrysoprase - Standing Polished with Earth Tones

Chrysoprase is a rare form of chalcedony and is coloured a beautiful green by small amounts of nickel inclusions. 

Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica. Cryptocrystalline means the crystals are so fine and small that they are hardly visible even under magnification. 

Chrysoprase is found in veins of nickel-containing serpentine rocks. 

Often the colour can be a pale apple-green, so to find one with such vibrant colours as this is a rare treasure indeed. These deep earth tones are rare to find in chrysoprase, and are even more beautiful in person! A find this rare won't last long. You may hold this and gaze into Gaia's own "as above, so below" with the mirrored earth in the piece. The dark browns resemble earth and mud and rich soil, and the greens look just like lush vegetation from a high-up arial view. 

Thank you.

Note: colour can fade if subjected to prolonged sunlight or heat exposure. I've read that soaking it in wet cotton or otherwise a damp setting can restore the colour, but I have yet to try this out.

3.63" tall 2.66" wide x 1.57" thick

13.12oz / 372 grams

 Origin: Madagascar