Chrysoprase (NEW FIND - polished)

Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Gmina Zabkowice Slaskie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Miniature, 3.8 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm
Start Time: 04/18/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 04/25/2019 6:30:00 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A beautiful, showy and polished piece of Chrysoprase from a NEW FIND at this historic old nickel deposit, mined since the Middle Ages and finally abandoned in 1980 (MINDAT). Chrysoprase is the apple-green variety of chalcedony. The color is caused by tiny inclusions of Nickel-bearing layered silicates. This is a striking polished solid nodule of glorious, lustrous, translucent, rich apple-green chrysoprase, nicely accented with just a bit of matrix. High quality material from a new find.

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