I wanna talk about lemon chrysoprase đÂ
This is another case where the stone trade as a whole just confuses me. Lemon/Citron chrysoprase is also- and more accurately- called lemon magnesite. Because it is... magnesite that is. Deposits of this mineral are often found in similar conditions as actual chrysoprase. Sometimes theyâre even in the same nodule where one grows on top of the other. Sometimes youâll get cut stones with a little bit of both. You can see where the name comes from. Itâs confusing and annoying but itâs hardly the first time a stone was given a confusing name đ and side by side they really couldnât be confused for one another.Â
Despite all that, this really is one of my most favourite stones. I love the colour variations: more yellow to more green- very colourful to very pale- perfectly uniform to heavily included. Itâs one of those colours that looks like it should be created in a lab rather than by nature. Itâs both incredibly colourful and somehow subtle in jewellery. Iâm not saying I could pull it off as a shirt, but as a ring or string of beads even my pale face can rock it đ»Â