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CHRYSOLITE

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 320 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHRYSOLITE  , a transparent variety of

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olivine, used as a gem-stone and often called
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peridot . The name chrysolite, meaning "
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golden stone " (xpuubs and Mos.), has been applied to various yellowish gems, notably to
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topaz, to some kinds of
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beryl and to
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chrysoberyl . The true chrysolite of the
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modern mineralogist is a magnesium silicate, referable to the
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species olivine . It is appropriate to call the lighter coloured stones inclining to yellow chrysolite, and the darker green stones peridot . Certain kinds of topaz, from the Schneckenstein in Saxony, are known as Saxon chrysolite; while
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moldavite, a substance much like a green
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obsidian, is sometimes called
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water chrysolite or pseudo-chrysolite . See CHRYSOBERYL; OLIVINE; PERIDOT .

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