The Romans would be nice cameos from this stone

If the mineral serpentine down the time we end up with one of the rare gems in the chalcedony chrysoprase.

This is a rare, precious, beautiful and green! In addition, next to Jade that he was sold as Australian Jade.
Colors range from green apples in a deep, rich green. He has a bright color, like Jade did.
Chrysoprase has a long history dating coin pearl back as during the Romans and Greeks. The Romans would be nice cameos from this stone.

Chrysoprase was very popular in Europe for centuries, degraded and in Silesia, now part of Poland, where the supplies were exhausted, and finally, in the twentieth century.

Frederick the Great of Prussia cane chrysoprase is tight. This is definitely one of his favorite gems, and you can have whatever you have, you must select the interesting properties.

Title is a bit more complicated, because prason from two Greek words, and Chrysos gold leek.

Today, the pearl is a gem of an almost exclusively Australian mainly mined in Queensland, but there are deposits in the Urals, loose round pearl Brazil and the United States.

Like a stone for jewelry, it is excellent to come on the Mohs scale of hardness between 6 and 7, where they can be easily cleaned in an ultrasonic cleaning equipment used by jewelers.

As in Greek and Roman times, this is for sculpture, although the origin of the stone changed making beautiful jewelry properties remain. It's good for earrings, pendants and rings necessary. He looks fantastic in white or yellow gold and set with diamond accents. Most likely, it will be better white gold or coral jewelry set platinum. But do not forget to palladium as an alternative to the white metal.

Stone loses water content and the color may fade a bit going for it in the water to do it again.