chrysocolla

American  

[kris-uh-kol-uh] / ˌkrɪs əˈkɒl ə /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of chrysocolla

1590–1600; < Latin chrȳsocolla < Greek chrȳsókolla gold solder, equivalent to chrȳso- chryso- + kólla glue ( cf. collage)

Example Sentences

The solidified juices, azure, chrysocolla, orpiment, and realgar, also frequently contain gold.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Caligula, in a fit of extravagance, used chrysocolla; and Nero, to surpass him, caused the brilliant red of cinnabar to be mixed with it.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

That he believed it was an artificial product from nitrum is evident enough from his usual expression "chrysocolla made from nitrum, which the Moors call borax."

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Theophrastus, Dioscorides, Pliny, etc., all give sufficient detail to identify their cyanus and caeruleum partly with modern azurite, and their chrysocolla partly with the modern mineral of the same name.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

In thin sections it is translucent and optically isotropic, and recent examinations seem to prove that it is a homogeneous mineral and not a mechanical mixture of chrysocolla and limonite.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various