hammochrysosn.
/haməʊˈkrʌɪsɒs/ Mineralogy.
A sparkling stone mentioned by the ancients; perhaps yellow micaceous schist, or the sand from it.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > schist > varieties of
hammochrysos1706
hornslate1791
hornblende slate1794
horn porphyry1794
horn-schist1799
mica-slate1809
green schist1817
hornblende schist1821
kinzigite1878
phyllite1878
spilosite1882
mylonite1885
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > other micas
specular stone1577
cat-silver1585
slude1591
hammochrysos1706
cat-gold1762
micarelle1794
phyllite1828
damourite1846
roscoelite1876
micarellite1885
scyelite1885
taeniolite1899
1706 in Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.)
1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 110.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 302.
1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xlii. 183 Nearly everything was glass in the frontage of this fairy mart, and its contents glittered like the hammochrysos stone.
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