beryl

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Presently it was time for d�jeuner, and they sat down to eat in a room, of shaded sunlight, watching the green jalousies that glowed like beryls, and listening to a canary's song.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton

Handsomely her fingers were fretted with gold wire, And thereon red rubies, as red as any hot coal, And diamonds of dearest price, and double manner of sapphires, Orientals and green beryls....

From English Costume by Calthrop, Dion Clayton

In the slaty twilight the garden’s verdure was lustreless, the grass and foliage were uniformly sombre save where dewdrops showed like beryls.

From Chivalry by Cabell, James Branch

It seems hardly probable that any true emeralds will be uncovered and the yellow beryls may not increase in number.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

Near Mursinsk, in the Uralian district, granite is of a drusous character, and here the pores, like the fissures and cavities of recent volcanic products, inclose many kinds of magnificent crystals, especially beryls and topazes.

From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von