Chrysoprase cabochon

Chrysoprase cabochon

Size: approx. 33x20mm

Weight: 31.50ct

Apple to jade-coloured green with deep brown.

This cabochon is part chrysoprase and part host rock.  Chrysoprase is a polycrystalline chalcedony that owes its bright green colouring to nickel impurities.

With a hardness of 6, excellent toughness and good stability, chalcedony is suitable for use in rings, pendants, earrings, bracelets, brooches and cufflinks, although abrasion and wear may occur in rings and bracelets.

• Hardness – resistance to scratching and wear
• Stability – resistance to alteration by light, heat or chemicals
• Toughness – resistance to fracture, cleavage or cracking

Please note you will receive the stone in the photograph