chrysolite
pronunciation
How to pronounce chrysolite in British English:
UK ['krɪsəlaɪt]
How to pronounce chrysolite in American English:
US ['krɪsəˌlaɪt]
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- Noun:
- a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone
Word Origin
Example
- 1. In the fourth row a chrysolite , an onyx and a jasper .
- 2. A faceted chrysolite crystal leaf adorns the silver-tone metal stem .
- 3. His body was like chrysolite , his face like lightning , his eyes like flaming torches , his arms and legs like the gleam of burnished bronze , and his voice like the sound of a multitude .
- 4. The fifth , sardonyx : the sixth , sardius : the seventh , chrysolite : the eighth , beryl : the ninth , a topaz : the tenth , a chrysoprasus : the eleventh , a jacinth : the twelfth , an amethyst .
- 5. The fifth , sardonyx ; the sixth , sardius ; the seventh , chrysolite ; the eighth , beryl ; the ninth , topaz ; the tenth , chrysoprase ; the eleventh , jacinth ; the twelfth , amethyst .