chrysolite
Plural: chrysolites
Noun
- a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone
- Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English crisolite, from Old French crisolite, from Medieval Latin crisolitus, Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος (khrūsólithos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). By surface analysis, chryso- (“pertaining to gold”) + -lite (“pertaining to rocks, minerals”).
Scrabble Score: 18
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chrysolite: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
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