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noun
A certain stone with spangles of gold color in it, known to Pliny, perhaps golden mica or yellow mica schist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin hammochrȳsos, (h)ammochrȳsus, from Ancient Greek ἀμμόχρῡσος (ammókhrūsos), from ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”) + χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”).
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