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  • The sea on which Miss Vesta looked was a water of gold, shimmering here and there into opal; only where it broke on the shingle at the garden foot, the water was its usual colour of a chrysophrase, with a rim of ivory where it touched the shore.

    Geoffrey Strong Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

  • Another easy (ok, so I cheat!), but I do love this simple necklace of a big solitary chrysophrase nugget.

    CWJ's Year of Jewelry 2008 2008

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