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/ˌhæməˈkɹaɪsɒs/ · noun
A certain stone with spangles of gold color in it, known to Pliny, perhaps golden mica or yellow mica schist..
Hammochrysos resembles sand in appearance, but sand mixed with gold.
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.
Use hammochrysos when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hammochrysos means A certain stone with spangles of gold color in it, known to Pliny, perhaps golden mica or yellow mica schist..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Hammochrysos resembles sand in appearance, but sand mixed with gold.
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