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Webster’s defines chrysoprase as an applegreen variety of chalcedony, used as gem, but literally from the Greek words ‘chrusos’, gold and ‘prason’, leek. Chalcedony is a semi-precious blue-gray variety of quartz, composed of very small crystals packed together with a fibrous, waxy appearance.

Note how both the ‘gold’ etymology and the ‘waxy appearance’ perfectly match Chrysoprase’s character as the rich, suave, uptown Mafia-troll.

Chrysoprase already appears (off-stage) in Wyrd Sisters, but his name is spelled ‘Crystophrase’ there.