CHRYSOPRASE AUSSIE SLAB
A rustic Chrysoprase Aussie Slab rough rock. This is a large piece with varying shades of green across it. A thoughtful carver could make some very beautiful items out of this stone. The back of the stone still has a rough skin on it. One pic shows the stone with a strong light against it but due to the other side having a thick covering it is hard to get a good shot of the true potential colour of the stone once polished.
Location:
Marlborough, Queensland, Australia.
Dimensions:
20.5cm x 18.3cm x 2.6cm, 922g.
Chrysoprase.
Chrysoprase, chrysophrase or chrysoprasus is a gemstone variety of chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline form of silica) 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.
This material was fossicked many years ago, the location is now closed for fossicking.