chrysoprasus Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
chrysoprasus in Easton's Bible Dictionary
golden leek, a precious stone of the colour of leek's juice, a greenish-golden colour (Rev. 21:20).
chrysoprasus in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
CHRYSOP'RASUS . Rev 21:20. A stone of a "golden leek" or green color, as its name imports. It is of a most agreeable hue, opaque, and extremely hard.
chrysoprasus in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
("gold leek".) A transparent gem, an agate of the color of the leek's juice; it owes its color to oxide of nickel. Found only in Silesia; also in antique Egyptian jewelry. The garniture of the tenth foundation of New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:20).