Lemon Chrysoprase Bead Necklace


AustraliaRelatively unknown outside of Australia is this bright chartreuse yellow chrysoprase—which is actually the common name for this light-yellow magnesite with brown to light-tan veining. The distinction between the darker green chrysoprase and lemon chrysoprase might simply be the amount of the underlying mineral (quartz vs. magnesite). The present offering is a single strand of large 20mm beads having a vibrant chartreuse green hue, known in the trade as "lemon chrysoprase". Polished in Idar-Oberstein by a firm long known for its lapidary work, length 17 in.