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

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

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 Leith, C. K. (Charles Kenneth)

Gold and copper are equally indicated by chrysocolla and azure; silver and lead, by the lead.

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