Chrysoprase Sphere - Deep Earth

Chrysoprase is a rare form of chalcedony and is coloured a beautiful green by small amounts of nickel inclusions.  Chalcedony is a cryptocrystalline form of silica. Cryptocrystalline means the crystals are so fine and small that they are hardly visible even under magnification.  Chrysoprase is found in veins of nickel-containing serpentine rocks.    This particular piece resembles an incredibly lush and dense forest world, with much of the planet in the autumn season. An enormous gash or creator shows incredible tectonic activity, but with the rest of the world still holding strong. With such a strong atmosphere, you can almost smell the utterly pristine and pure air.   Chrysoprase is often a pale apple-green colour, so to see a piece so utterly rich and vibrant with these deep green and brown hues is quite rare indeed, and is reflected in the price point. This is top AAA grade chrysoprase and will not last long.  You may hold this and gaze into Gaia's own "as above, so below" with th