Chrysoprase (NEW FIND)

Szklary Chrysoprase Mine, Szklary, Gmina Zabkowice Slaskie, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Miniature, 4.8 x 3.6 x 2.2 cm
Start Time: 06/01/2019 6:45:00 pm (CDT)
End Time: 06/06/2019 6:33:24 pm (CDT)
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Item Description

A gorgeous polished vein of glorious, lustrous, translucent, rich apple-green chrysoprase is sandwiched in sculptural matrix. Chrysoprase is the apple-green variety of chalcedony. The color is caused by tiny inclusions of Nickel-bearing layered silicates. This very colorful, showy and polished piece is from a NEW FIND at this historic old nickel deposit, mined since the Middle Ages and finally abandoned in 1980 (MINDAT). High quality material from a new find.

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