selenites

The respective qualities of the delights of adulterous and of conjugial love, may be elucidated by a comparison with houses: the delights of adulterous love by comparison with a house whose walls glitter outwardly like sea shells, or like transparent stones, called selenites, of a gold color; whereas in the apartments within the walls, are all kinds of filth and nastiness: but the delights of conjugial love may be compared to a house, the walls of which are refulgent as with sterling gold, and the apartments within are resplendent as with cabinets full of various precious stones.

The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love Emanuel Swedenborg 1730

It ware buskins of brass, and its thick neck was circled with a circle of selenites.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

It ware buskins of brass, and its thick neck was circled with a circle of selenites.

The Fisherman and His Soul 1998

From a flat Earth hanging in space, one could actually reach a nearby moon via a chariot drawn by swans, and stand a good chance of finding selenites there.

A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

Nevertheless certain it is that antiquity used it before glass was known, under the name of _selenites_.

Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series) Thomas Malory Jean Froissart

This analogy is certainly not due to chance; it rather confirms the opinion which I have put forward in connection with my researches on the selenites, on certain chloro-platinates and chloro-platinites, etc., that the elements of the rare earths form a series of quadrivalent metals.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 Various

Nevertheless certain it is that antiquity used it before glass was known, under the name of selenites.

Of the Manner of Building and Furniture of Our Houses. Chapter VIII. [1577, Book II., Chapter 10; 1587, Book II., Chapter 12 1909

J'ai des selenites qui changent quand la lune change et deviennent pales quand elles voient le soleil.

Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1877

It ware buskins of brass, and its thick neck was circled with a circle of selenites.

A House of Pomegranates Oscar Wilde 1877

The gypseous caverns glitter with crystallized selenites.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851