| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| chrysolite |
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| SYLLABICATION: | chrys·o·lite |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kr s  -l t |
| NOUN: | See olivine. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English crisolite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin crsolitus, from Latin chr solithus, from Greek khr solithos, topaz : khrso-, chryso- + lithos, stone.
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