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Chrysolite

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CHRYSOLITE, a transparent green gem-stone. The name chrysolite, meaning "golden stone" (Xpvaos and X iOos), has been applied to various yellowish gems, notably to topaz, to some kinds of beryl and to chrysoberyl. The true chrysolite of the modern mineralogist is a pale green olivine (q.v.).