chrysoberyl

See also: chrysobéryl

English

Etymology

Chrysoberyl

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin chrysoberyllus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek χρῡσοβήρυλλος (khrūsobḗrullos), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”), after its color, and βήρυλλος (bḗrullos, “beryl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪsə(ʊ)bɛɹɪl/

Noun

chrysoberyl (countable and uncountable, plural chrysoberyls)

1. (mineralogy) A vitreous mineral, often pale green, a mixed oxide of aluminium and beryllium with the chemical formula BeAl₂O₄, used as a gemstone.
   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 128:

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.

Translations

mineral

• Catalan: crisoberil m
• Finnish: krysoberylli (fi)
• French: chrysobéryl (fr) m
• German: Chrysoberyll m
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• Italian: crisoberillo m
• Portuguese: crisoberilo m
• Russian: хризобери́лл (ru) m (xrizoberíll)
• Spanish: crisoberilo m

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Chrysoberyl”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “chrysoberyl”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
• James D. Dana: Dana's System of Mineralogy. Volume I, seventh edition, revised by Charles Palache, Harry Berman, and Clifford Frondel. John Wiley & Sons, 1944