Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHRYS'O-PRASE, n. [Gr. χρυσοπρασος; χρυσος, gold, and πρασον, a leek.]

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 hardness little inferior to that of flint. – Cleaveland.