chrysolite

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French crisolite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin crisolitus, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin chrȳsolithus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος (khrūsólithos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). Surface analysis chryso- (“pertaining to gold”) + -lite (“pertaining to rocks, minerals”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹɪsəlʌɪt/

Noun

chrysolite (countable and uncountable, plural chrysolites)

1. (mineralogy) Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection iii:

     Fran. Rueus […] say as much of the chrysolite, a friend of wisdome, an enemy to folly.

   • 1920, H. P. Lovecraft, The Doom that Came to Sarnath:

     And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM.

Translations

a gemstone

• Finnish: krysoliitti
• French: chrysolithe (fr) f, chrysolite (fr) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: χρυσόλιθος m (khrusólithos)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: karihorita

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Chrysolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “chrysolite”, in Mindat.org‎^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

• chrysotile

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French

Etymology

From Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρυσόλιθος (khrusólithos), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “rock”). See also Old French crisolite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁi.zɔ.lit/

Noun

chrysolite f (plural chrysolites)

1. (mineralogy) chrysolite [from c. 1600]
   1. (obsolete) gems such as chrysoberyl, sapphire, topaz, or tourmaline (any of various gemstones with a golden, and especially greenish) tint [until 19th century]
   2. peridot, prehnite, or apatite

Alternative forms

• chrysolithe

Synonyms

• (peridot): chrysolite des volcans
• (prehnite): chrysolite du Cap
• (apatite): chrysolithe ordinaire

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) chrȳsolite

1. vocative singular of chrȳsolitus