2.3" Polished Green Magneprase Egg - Western Australia

Polished Green Magneprase Egg - Western Australia #308784

This is a beautiful 2.3" tall polished egg made from magneprase, collected from a location south of Kalgoorlie in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. It gained the name "magneprase" from its composition which includes magnesite (white), prase chalcedony, and chromium chalcedony. The presence of chromium gives it the unique green hues.

The polish on this specimen is of exceptional quality. It comes with an acrylic ring display stand.

Chrome chalcedony is a variety of chalcedony that gains its green color from trace amounts of chromium. Depending on where it comes from, it may have different names. Specimens from Australia are called chrome chalcedony, from Zimbabwe its known as "mtorolite" and specimens from Bolivia are often referred to as "chiquitanita". Chrome chalcedony is similar to chrysoprase, but chrysoprase earns its color from trace amounts of nickel as opposed to chrome chalcedony's chromium.

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