Chrys'o-lite, n.

n. [Fr. chrysolithe, Lat. chrysolithus, Gr. χρυσόλιθος, from χρυσός, gold, and λίθος, stone.] (Min.) A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, varying in color from a pale green to a bottle-green, and occurring in glassy grains or pieces disseminated in basalt and many lavas, and sometimes in large imbedded crystals. It occasionally occurs in other rocks. Dana.