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chrysolithus

chrysolithus [CL < χρυσόλιθος] , ‘chrysolite’, (?) topaz or sim.. crisolitus auri colorem et stellas habet GlC C 886; nomen chrysolito color aureus indidit Neckam DS VI 189; crisolitus est lapis Ethiopicus. ‥ crisoliti quedem species est †crisolimphis [? l. ~lampis]‥ est et alia species ‥ que dicitur crisolentus colore aureus Bart. Angl. XVI 27; 12‥ crisolitus debet perforari et in sinistro brachio suspendi (Sculp. Lap.) Arch. XXX 451; saphirus crisolitique decor Garl. Tri. Eccl. 134; chrysolithi te laudat radius J. Howd. Ph. 1079; lapis crisolitus lucidissimus est similis auro Alph. 91; per juga gemmatus argenteus ordo choruscat, / crisolitis [sic] radios prebuit unde suos Gower VC I 24.

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