Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pigment made by mixing chrome-yellow with Prussian blue. The depth of the resulting green color depends on the proportion of blue added.
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- CaO is important for production of iron-red, chrome-green and blue color pigments.
13. Glaze oxides 1993
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-- Beryls of chrome-green color have been found in many localities in Mitchell, Yancey, Macon, McDowell, Burke, Iredell and notably in Alexander county.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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At one time a considerable amount of mining was done by the Emerald and Hiddenite Mining Company in search of these gems, and with gratifying success, as crystals of hiddenite and chrome-green beryl of exceptional size and conspicuous beauty were obtained.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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D. Stevenson secured a crystal (fractured) a few years ago with an outside border or coating of rich chrome-green color, which weighed very nearly twenty-seven ounces.
North Carolina and its Resources. North Carolina. Board of Agriculture. 1896
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