Prase (variety of Quartz)
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Prase is named from the Greek word prasios meaning leek, referring to its leek-green color. A leek is a biennial garden herb of the lily family grown for its mildly pungent succulent leaves.

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Prase is a variety of Quartz.
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Synonyms:

Edinite, Prasem, Prasio, Prasius

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Prase is a dull leek-green colored micro-crystalline variety of Quartz. It is named from the Greek word prasios meaning leek, referring to its leek-green color. A leek is a biennial garden herb of the lily family grown for its mildly pungent succulent green leaves. The green coloration is from Actinolite, Chlorite or Hedenbergite inclusions depending on locality. Originally, the varietal name "prase" was applied to a leek-green colored micro-crystallin Quartz that was colored green by Hedenbergite inclusions. The most notable occurance of this Prase Quartz is on the Serifos Island of Greece. Over time the term Prase has also been applied to other materials having a similar leek green color but not only micro-crysallin Quartz and without regard to what causes the color. These days the term Prase no longer has any mineralogical specification; it has become a general term to describe color and can't even be called a varietal name.

Distribution: from Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department, Greece. From Happy Jack Mine, Comet Vale, Menzies Shire, Western Australia, Australia. From Dösenbach valley, Ankogel group, Hohe Tauern, Carinthia, Austria. From Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria. From Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. From C.V. Hormigones, La Germania, Pascuales, Guayaquil, Guayaquil Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador. From Breitenbrunn District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. From Porticciolo, Rio Marina and Cape Calamita Mine, Capoliveri, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy. From Sandaré, Arrondissement Sandaré, Commune Sandaré, Cercle de Nioro du Sahel, Kayes Region, Mali. From Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.  From Ganesh Himal, Dhading District, Bagmati Zone, Nepal. From Ocna de Fier, Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Banat Mts, Caras-Severin County, Romania. From Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia. From Ophites of Lukiano, Lukiano, Zuia, Álava, Basque Country, Spain. In the USA at the Cedar Hill Quarry, Fulton Township, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
 

  
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