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=== Prase === Prase is a [[leek]]-green variety of quartz that gets its color from inclusions of the [[amphibole]] [[actinolite]].<ref name="Klemme_etal_2018">{{cite journal | title=On the Color and Genesis of Prase (Green Quartz) and Amethyst from the Island of Serifos, Cyclades, Greece | first1=S. | last1=Klemme | first2=J. | last2=Berndt | first3=C. | last3=Mavrogonatos | first4=S. | last4=Flemetakis | first5=I. | last5=Baziotis | first6=P. | last6=Voudouris | first7=S. | last7=Xydous | journal=Minerals | date=2018 | volume=8 | issue=11 | page=487 | doi=10.3390/min8110487 | bibcode=2018Mine....8..487K | doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Prase |url=https://www.mindat.org/min-6703.html |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=www.mindat.org}}</ref> However, the term has also variously been used for a type of [[quartzite]], a microcrystalline variety of quartz or jasper, or any leek-green quartz.<ref name=":3" />
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