Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gray, green to yellow, or brown vitreous mineral, BeAl2O4, relatively rare and used as a gemstone.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mineral of a yellowish-green to emerald-green color, sometimes red by transmitted light, an aluminate of glucinum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, and is often used as a gem.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mineralogy A
vitreous mineral , often pale green, a mixedoxide ofaluminium andberyllium with thechemical formula Be Al 2O 4, used as agemstone .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When chrysoberyl is of fibrous or tubular internal structure it affords cat's-eyes (when cabochon cut), and these should be specifically named as "_chrysoberyl cat's-eye_" to distinguish them from the less beautiful and less valuable quartz cat's-eyes.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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Passing on to the next mineral in the scale of hardness we come to chrysoberyl, which is rated as 8-1/2 on Mohs's scale.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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Your lucky gems are turquoise, cats eye chrysoberyl, tigers eye.
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Your lucky gems are turquoise, cats eye chrysoberyl, tigers eye.
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Your lucky gems are turquoise, cats eye chrysoberyl, tigers eye.
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It is like gold, or more exactly it is like the gold-coloured semi-precious stone which one sometimes sees in signet rings, and which I think is called a chrysoberyl.
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Acorna shoved the chrysoberyl into the pocket of her shipsuit.
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Michael Phelps may have a perfect swimmer's body, but can he scratch chrysoberyl?
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Michael Phelps may have a perfect swimmer's body, but can he scratch chrysoberyl?
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"Now, Haffy, my potentate of passion," his lovely wife Karina said, laying a scrumptiously plump beringed hand upon his chest while regarding him from her large and lovely eyes made deepest purple by art and by proximity to the priceless catseye chrysoberyl jewels she bore in abundance upon her shell-like ears, her delicate wrists, and her delicious decolletage.
First Warning McCaffrey, Anne 2005
chained_bear commented on the word chrysoberyl
"The light touched the decanter and the drink within glowed like a chrysoberyl."
—Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (New York: Bantam Dell, 2005), 711
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"Below, the object glittered up at us, serene and glowing, its beauty at last revealed. A faceted clear stone, the color of golden sherry, half the size of my thumbnail.
'Chrysoberyl,' Jamie said softly, a hand on my back.... 'D'ye think it will serve?'"
—Diana Gabaldon, A Breath of Snow and Ashes (New York: Bantam Dell, 2005), 930
February 3, 2010