Chrysochloris (kris ok loris)

[NL. (Lacépède, 1798), 3 premolars, and 3 molars in each side of each jaw: so called from the brilliant metallic luster of the fur, which glances from gold to green and IMG:content-0377.jpg:[graphic] Gold-mole (Chrysochloris aureus). violet. C. aureus is the Cape chrysochlore or gold-mole. Also spelled, improperly, Chriso chloris. chrysochrous (kris'ō-krus), a. [ χρυσός , gold, + χρόα , col- or.] Of a golden-yellow color. chrysocolla (kris-o-kol'ä), n. [NL. (> F. chryso- colle = Sp. crisócola = It. crisocolla ), χρυ σόκολλα, gold-solder, χρυσός , gold, + κόλλα, glue.] 1. A silicate of the protoxid of copper, of a bluish-green to sky-blue color, apparently produced from the decomposition of copper ores, which it usually accompanies.-2. Borax: so called in the sixteenth century because it was used in soldering gold. ryllus, gold color, in jewelry, the kind called cat's-eye, which presents an opalescent play of light, being especially The variety alexandrite, having an emerald-green color by reflected and a columbine-red by transmitted light, is also prized as a gem. Also called cymo phane.