Australian Chrysoprase Hand Carved Animals

Chrysoprase has traditionally symbolized happiness, enterprise and prudence. It is a powerful stone that brings good fortune and prosperity. It instills poise & grace helping to recognize the gentle beauty within in order to enhance self-expression and courage through fluent speech and mental dexterity.

Chrysoprase, also known as Australian Jade, is a green variety of Chalcedony that contains minor traces of Nickel. Its structure is cryptocrystalline, which basically means Chrysoprase is made up of a large number of tiny crystals too small for the human eye to see.

And even though these beauties are Australian, Chrysoprase enjoys a place in Medieval Romanian lore. The story claimed chrysoprase gave one understanding of lizard language, based on local legend. The legend states a princess had a golden lizard with chrysoprase eyes. A warlock told her if she kept it, one day she’d communicate with animals and find wealth. When famine hit, she tried to feed her people by selling all her jewels except the lizard. On her last leg, a real lizard with chrysoprase-colored eyes appeared to tell her (in lizard language) to find help at a river. Indeed, the princess discovered a plethora of chrysoprase in the Râul Doamnei, allowing her to end the famine and begin an era of prosperity.