CHRYSOLITE
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V06,
Page 320
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
CHRYSOLITE
, a transparent variety of See also:olivine, used as a See also:gem-See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone and often called See also:peridot
.
The name chrysolite, meaning " See also:golden stone " (xpuubs and Mos.), has been applied to various yellowish gems, notably to See also:topaz, to some kinds of See also:beryl and to See also:chrysoberyl
.
The true chrysolite of the See also:modern mineralogist is a See also:magnesium silicate, referable to the See also:species olivine
.
It is appropriate to See also:call the lighter coloured stones inclining to yellow chrysolite, and the darker See also:green stones peridot
.
Certain kinds of topaz, from the Schneckenstein in See also:Saxony, are known as Saxon chrysolite; while See also:moldavite, a substance much like a green See also:obsidian, is sometimes called See also:water chrysolite or pseudo-chrysolite
.
See CHRYSOBERYL; OLIVINE; PERIDOT
.
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