[3041] Or “golden beryl,” The modern Chrysoberyl is altogether a different stone from the one here described, which probably is identical with Chrysoprase or leek-green Chalcedony, the stone next mentioned.
[3042] “Leek-green and gold.”
[3043] “Sky-coloured.”
[3044] The largest specimen of Beryl known, belonged to Don Pedro. It was not cylindrical in form, but shaped like the head of a calf, and weighed 225 ounces troy.
[3045] Which is the case.
[3046] In Chapter [18] of this Book.
[3047] “Pterygia.”
[3048] In the Uralian Mountains, for example.
[3049] Opals are hydrated silica, the amount of water varying.
[3050] On the contrary, precious Opal is found in Hungary, at Frankfort, and in Honduras, and other varieties in numerous parts of the world, including the East Indies.