Is not the chrysolite, the symbol of wisdom, a very exact image of the Sedes Sapientiae? |
Of stones, the topaz, amber, chrysolite and all yellow stones. |
The beautiful crystallised mineral called chrysolite is a silicate of magnesium, coloured with ferrous oxide. |
It is believed that the topaz of modern mineralogists was unknown to the ancients and that the stone called topazos was the mineral chrysolite or peridot. |
The true chrysolite of the modern mineralogist is a magnesium silicate, referable to the species olivine. |
It was the one ring Barbara had worn as a girl, a chrysolite set plainly in a band of gold. |