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Revelation 21:20
Chrysolite
χρυσόλιθοςSplits light so strongly that in a large stone you can see doubled edges with the naked eye.
Mineralogy
- Greek name
- chrysolithos (χρυσόλιθος)
- Modern identification
- Olivine / Peridot
- Chemical formula
- (Mg,Fe)₂SiO₄
- Crystal system
- Orthorhombic
- Optical class
- Biaxial (+)
- Birefringence (Δn)
- 0.036–0.038
- Refractive indices
- 1.654–1.690
- Color / appearance
- Yellow-green to olive
Second-strongest birefringence in the group; visible doubling in large specimens.
The light between
Chrysolite is anisotropic: enter it with a single ray of light and it leaves as two, split apart by the crystal's inner order. This is birefringence, the same property shared by every one of the twelve foundation stones, and by none of the cubic stones left out of the list.
In the high-priestly breastplate of Exodus 28, this position held Ligure (Jacinth?) in the Septuagint reckoning.
Hold the light in your hand
The Revelation Stones collection brings each foundation stone into the room with you, and the Light Between research explains what you are looking at.