heliodor

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”)

Noun

heliodor (countable and uncountable, plural heliodors)

  1. A richly coloured form of golden beryl found in southwest Africa.

Further reading

  • “Heliodor” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • heliodor mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
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