| 单词 | chrysoberyl cat's-eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmaschrysoberyl cat's-eye b. A yellowish green gem, in composition an aluminate of glucinum. A variety with a bluish opalescence is cymophane or chrysoberyl cat's-eye. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > chrysoberyl > [noun] chrysoberyl1661 cymophane1804 gold beryl1807 alexandrite1844 chrysoberyl cat's-eye1874 1794 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 261 Chrysoberyll. Its colour is a dilute yellowish green, but like an opal it reflects, seemingly from its inside, a mixed colour of bluish green and golden yellow. 1874 H. M. Westropp Man. Precious Stones 67 The cymophane, or chrysoberyl cat's-eye, exhibits as it were the pupil of an eye moving about within the stone. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Dec. 10/2 ‘The Hindoo Lingam God’, consisting of a chrysoberyl cat's-eye fixed in a topaz, and mounted in a pyramidal base studded with diamonds. < as lemmas |
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