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Chrysolite

noun
1.
A brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone.





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... secluded place, On the sea-shore a ruin stood;— A relic of the extinguisht race, Who once o'er that foamy flood, When fair Ioulis[14] by the light Of golden sunset on the sight Of mariners who sailed that sea, Rose like a city of chrysolite Called from the wave by witchery. This ruin—now by barbarous hands Debased into a motley shed, Where the once splendid column stands Inverted on its leafy head— Formed, as they tell in times of old The dwelling of that bard whose lay Could melt to tears the stern and cold, And sadden ...
— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al
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Words linked to "Chrysolite" :   olivine, peridot, transparent gem


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