Chrysoprase – XXS

Chrysoprase’s Little Green Patchwork

Soft mint and stronger blue-green give chrysoprase a lively, varied palette. Brown, tan and cream-coloured patches interrupt the greens on some of the chip-like pieces, adding mottled notes rather than a single, even wash of colour.

Light catches several smooth, glossy faces in bright highlights, while other patches look more uneven. Angular corners, flat faces and rounded edges give the pieces their irregular outlines. There is plenty to enjoy in that contrast: a bright gleam beside a patch of less even texture.

These colours could suggest an imagined meadow, broken into little fragments of green clearings, pale paths and earthy edges. The varied shapes keep this little meadow delightfully untidy.