noun. An apple-green chalcedony used as a gemstone.

noun. A variety of chalcedony commonly apple-green in color and often extremely beautiful, so that it is much esteemed in jewelry.

noun. The ancient name of a golden-green precious stone, now generally believed to have been a variety of the beryl or possibly a green variety of fluor-spar (chlorophane), which possesses the properly of shining in the dark or by the heat of the hand.

noun. An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.

noun. A variety of light-green translucent quartz.

noun. a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone

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