Chrysoprase, is a gemstone variety of chalcedony that contains small quantities of nickel. Its color is normally apple-green, but varies to deep green. The darker varieties of Chrysoprase are also referred to as prase. (However, the term prase is also used to describe chlorite-included quartz, and to a certain extent is a color-descriptor, rather than a rigorously defined mineral variety.) Chrysoprase is cryptocrystalline, which means that it is composed of crystals so fine that they cannot be seen as distinct particles under normal magnification. The word chrysoprase comes from the Greek χρυσός chrysos meaning 'gold' and πράσινον prasinon, meaning 'green'. The best known sources of chrysoprase are Indonesia, Queensland, Western Australia, Haneti Tanzania, Germany, Poland, Russia, Arizona, California, and Brazil. Deposits in central Tanzania have been in constant production since 1986. The chrysoprase and nickel silicate ore deposit in Szklary, Lower Silesia, Poland, was probably the biggest European chrysoprase occurrence and possibly also the biggest in the world.
Εnergy healing properties:
Chrysoprase is very effective for homesickness. Basically, it has the effect of helping us develop feelings of inner peace and security, so that we can feel the sentiments of actually becoming part of ones “native soil”, no matter where we are. It is a particularly good in helping children, who have been separated from their parents, e. g. at a holiday camp, a school retreat, or the like. A pendant that can be worn around the neck, and also be held in the hand, can be a great help in such cases, when one is really downhearted. Chrysoprase helps with feelings of loneliness, hopelessness and of being lost. It supports the search for one’s own truth and brings about self-confidence and security. In this way, Chrysoprase relieves even jealousy and lovesickness. Chrysoprase makes it possible to look at one’s own life with all its blows dealt by fate from a “higher perspective”. Thus, it helps create the broader view, which puts many things into a new context and reveals the deeper meaning or the causes of painful or unhappy experiences. Chrysoprase helps with almost all types of nightmares, in particular with any including repeated themes or content. It is particularly effective with children, who may wake up at night, seeming disturbed and unable to orient themselves – even in familiar home surroundings and unable on occasions even to recognize either their parents, sisters and brothers. Chrysoprase liberates the brain from worrying and threatening images and lessens the fear of falling asleep again and having the same dream after waking up. Place a tumbled stone of Chrysoprase under the pillow or wear it as a pendant, necklace or pendant.
