Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CHRYS'O-LITE, n. [Gr. χρυσος, gold, and λιθος, stone.]

A mineral, called by Haüy and Brongniart, peridote, and by Jameson, prismatic chrysolite. Its prevailing color is some shade of green. It is harder than glass, but less hard than quartz; often transparent, sometimes only translucent. It occurs sometimes in crystals, sometimes in small amorphous masses or grains, and sometimes in rolled pieces. – Cleaveland.