hammochrysos

Definition

A certain stone with spangles of gold color in it, known to Pliny, perhaps golden mica or yellow mica schist.

Etymology

From Latin hammochrȳsos, (h)ammochrȳsus, from Ancient Greek ἀμμόχρῡσος (ammókhrūsos), from ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”) + χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”).

Example Sentences

• "Nearly everything was glass in the frontage of this fairy mart, and its contents glittered like the hammochrysos stone."
• "A splendid curtain, silver-sewn, Spangled like hammochrysos stone Stood in a crypt that dripped delight, His ear-drums pulsing with that sound The sheeted waters in their might Flung to the crags, to mock their thrall."
• "Hammochrysos resembles sand in appearance, but sand mixed with gold."

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