chrysoprase

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) and πράσινον (prásinon, “green”).

Noun

chrysoprase (usually uncountable, plural chrysoprases)

1. (mineralogy) A variety of light-green translucent quartz.
   • 1911, George Sterling, Duandon‎^[1]:

     With shaken soul of light and shuddering blaze / Of leaping emerald and cold chrysoprase

Translations

variety of quartz

• Cherokee: ᏟᏌᏇᏌ (tlisaquesa)
• Esperanto: krizopraso
• Finnish: krysopraasi (fi)
• French: chrysoprase (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: χρυσόπρασος m (khrusóprasos)

• Maori: karihoparaha
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• Polish: chryzopraz (pl) m
• Portuguese: crisoprásio m, crisopraso m
• Russian: хризопра́з (ru) m (xrizopráz)
• Spanish: crisoprasa f
• Swahili: krisopraso

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Chrysoprase”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “chrysoprase”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.