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cymophane Min.|ˈsaɪməʊfeɪn|
[f. Gr. κυµο-, comb. form of κῦµα wave + -ϕανης -showing.]
A synonym of chrysoberyl.
1804Fourcroy's Chem. II. 406. 1850–6 O. W. Holmes Poems, Mysterious Illness 80, Her white arm, that wore a twisted chain Clasped with an opal-sheeny cymophane.
Hence cymophanous |saɪˈmɒfənəs| a., ‘having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant’ (Webster 1864). |