chrysocolla

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[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)

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chrysocolla

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 T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

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 Georgius Agricola

This description of its occurrence would apply equally well to modern chrysocolla or to malachite.

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

The oxide group of minerals—including the copper carbonates, azurite and malachite; the silicate, chrysocolla; the oxide, cuprite; the sulphates, chalcanthite and brochantite; and some native copper associated with these minerals—probably supplies another 5 per cent.

From The Economic Aspect of Geology by C. K. (Charles Kenneth) Leith

It is from this variety that the Venetians make chrysocolla, which I call borax....

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