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Crystal (/ ˈ k r ɪ s t əl /) is a common English language female given name. Variant forms of the name include Kristal, Krystal, Cristal, Kristel, Krystle and Kristol.. As a feminine name, it is a 19th-century coinage, derived from crystal, a transparent quartz gemstone, usually colorless, that can be cut to reflect brilliant light, whose name comes from Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος ...
A crystal's crystallographic forms are sets of possible faces of the crystal that are related by one of the symmetries of the crystal. For example, crystals of galena often take the shape of cubes, and the six faces of the cube belong to a crystallographic form that displays one of the symmetries of the isometric crystal system. Galena also ...
Jewellery, gemstone: Bijou: Given name / surname Means jewel in French. Jewel (given name) Given name Lapis lazuli: Rumi Given name Originates from Japanese and means "lapis lazuli" and "flow". Malachite: Malachy (given name) Given name Originates from Ireland. Pearl: Madge (given name) Given name A girl's name of Greek origin, meaning "pearl ...
The word 'crystal' is derived from the Greek word "krýstallos" which translates to "ice". [11] The Ancient Greeks believed that clear quartz crystals were a water that had frozen to the point where it would remain in its solid form. [12] The word "amethyst" in Ancient Greek language means "not intoxicate."
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz.The name comes from the Koine Greek αμέθυστος amethystos from α - a-, "not" and μεθύσκω (Ancient Greek) methysko / μεθώ metho (Modern Greek), "intoxicate", a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness. [1]
Chrystal Herne (1883–1950), actress Chrystal Jaye , medical anthropologist Chrystal Soo Jung (or Krystal Jung; born 1994), American singer and actress based in South Korea
The Cambridge Greek Lexicon is a dictionary of the Ancient Greek language published by Cambridge University Press in April 2021. First conceived in 1997 by the classicist John Chadwick, the lexicon was compiled by a team of researchers based in the Faculty of Classics in Cambridge consisting of the Hellenist James Diggle (Editor-in-Chief), Bruce Fraser, Patrick James, Oliver Simkin, Anne ...
It derives from the root w-r-ḳ meaning "yellow-green," originally encompassing a broad range of green precious stones. [5] Over time, this term evolved. For instance, Greek smaragdos and Akkadian barraqtu reflect borrowings of the Hebrew term, adopted to the green gemstones familiar to the speakers of those languages.