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chrysocolla
[ kris-uh-kol-uh ]
noun
- a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅2H 2 O, occurring in compact, green or blue masses, sometimes used in ornaments.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chrysocolla1
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Example Sentences
By chrysocolla of the ancients is generally understood borax, which cannot however be meant in this passage.
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Tinctum chrysocolla—partly the modern mineral of that name and partly malachite.
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He gives the same minerals as Dioscorides, but is a good deal confused over chrysocolla and chalcitis.
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At Neusohl in the Carpathians, green water flowing from an ancient tunnel wears away this chrysocolla with it.
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This description of its occurrence would apply equally well to modern chrysocolla or to malachite.
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