chrysoberyl
pronunciation
How to pronounce chrysoberyl in British English:
UK ['krɪsəberɪl]
How to pronounce chrysoberyl in American English:
US ['krɪsəˌberɪl]
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- Noun:
- a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone
Word Origin
Example
- 1. Chrysoberyl transparent crystal , because degree of hardness greatly is also the precious gem .
- 2. No , but the bedrock schist beneath them is studded with opal , beryl , chrysoberyl , garnet , and three kinds of tourmaline .
- 3. The chrysoberyl mainly produces in the flowered hillock pegmatite , the aplite and the mica schist , because it very hard wear-resisting , will therefore also exist in the brook and the broken stone .