Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A variety of chrysoberyl having a shimmering luster and microscopic, needlelike inclusions that reflect a streak of light.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Chrysoberyl.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) See
chrysoberyl .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
translucent yellowish chatoyant chrysoberyl .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The cymophane shows a number of varieties, quite as many as the chrysoberyl, of which it is itself a variety, and these go through the gamut of greens, from a pale white green to the stronger green of asparagus, and through both the grey and yellow greens to dark.
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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Another important variety is that of the chrysoberyl called "cymophane."
The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones John Mastin
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He would often spend a whole day settling and resettling in their cases the various stones that be had collected, such as the olive-green chrysoberyl that turns red by lamplight, the cymophane with its wirelike line of silver, the pistachio-coloured peridot, rose-pink and wine-yellow topazes, carbuncles of fiery scarlet with tremulous, four-rayed stars, flame-red cinnamon-stones, orange and violet spinels, and amethysts with their alternate layers of ruby and sapphire.
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He would often spend a whole day settling and resettling in their cases the various stones that be had collected, such as the olive-green chrysoberyl that turns red by lamplight, the cymophane with its wirelike line of silver, the pistachio-coloured peridot, rose-pink and wine-yellow topazes, carbuncles of fiery scarlet with tremulous, four-rayed stars, flame-red cinnamon-stones, orange and violet spinels, and amethysts with their alternate layers of ruby and sapphire.
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He would often spend a whole day settling and resettling in their cases the various stones that he had collected, such as the olive-green chrysoberyl that turns red by lamplight, the cymophane with its wire-like line of silver, the pistachio-colored peridot, rose-pink and wine-yellow topazes, carbuncles of fiery scarlet with tremulous four-rayed stars, flame - red cinnamon-stones, orange and violet spinels, and amethysts with their alternate layers of ruby and sapphire.
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1877
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He would often spend a whole day settling and resettling in their cases the various stones that he had collected, such as the olive-green chrysoberyl that turns red by lamp-light, the cymophane with its wire-like line of silver, the pistachio-coloured peridot, rose-pink and wine-yellow topazes, carbuncles of fiery scarlet with tremulous four-rayed stars, flame-red cinnamon-stones, orange and violet spinels, and amethysts with their alternate layers of ruby and sapphire.
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde 1877
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