chrysoliteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/

名詞

chrysolite (countable and uncountable, plural chrysolites)

1. (mineralogy) Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection iii:

     Fran. Rueus […] say as much of the chrysolite, a friend of wisdome, an enemy to folly.

   • 1920, H. P. Lovecraft, The Doom that Came to Sarnath:

     And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM.

   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:

     A piece of marigold or bay leaf was imbedded in the metal, and over it a carbuncle or chrysolite was placed.

派生語

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2025), “Chrysolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “chrysolite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2025.

アナグラム

• chrysotile