chrysoprase

English

Etymology

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

Noun

chrysoprase (usually uncountable, plural chrysoprases)

(mineralogy) A variety of light-green translucent quartz.
- 1911, George Sterling, Duandon‎:
  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
Maori: karihoparaha

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

Further reading

“Chrysoprase” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
“chrysoprase”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

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