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