CHRYSOPRASE, noun A mineral, a subspecies of quartz. Its color is commonly apple green, and often extremely beautiful. It is translucent, or sometimes semi-transparent; its fracture even and dull, sometimes a little splintery, sometimes smooth and slightly conchoidal; its harness a little inferior to that of flint.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.