Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
A piece of such stone.
Origin
From Old French crisolite, from Medieval Latin crisolitus, Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος, from χρῡσός + λίθος. Surface analysis chryso- + -lite.
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