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Definition of Chalchihuitl

Chalchihuitl
Chalchihuitl Chal`chi*huitl" (ch[.a]l`ch[-e]*w[-e]tl"), n. (Min.) The Mexican name for turquoise. See Turquoise.

Meaning of Chalchihuitl from wikipedia

- Na**** Ollin symbol with an eye (ixtli) in the center. A solar ray and a precious stone (chalchi****tl) emanata from the eye, Codex Borbonicus (1519–1521)...
- Chalchiuhtlicue [t͡ʃaːɬt͡ʃiwˈt͡ɬikʷeː] (from chālchi****tl [t͡ʃaːɬˈt͡ʃiwit͡ɬ] "jade" and cuēitl [kʷeːit͡ɬ] "skirt") (also spelled Chalciuhtlicue, Chalchiuhcueye...
- an estimate of "about 15,000 tons of rock had been removed from Mt. Chalchi****tl using stone tools before 1700." In 1727 Louis Denys (Denis) (1675–1741)...
- mineral as callais (from Ancient Gr**** κάλαϊς) and the Aztecs knew it as chalchi****tl. The finest of turquoise reaches a maximum Mohs hardness of just under...
- name of the muni****lity is of Nahuatl origin and comes from the words chalchi****tl, meaning "turquoise," and xomulli, loosely translated as "hollow" or...
- site is within the "Sierra de Chalchi****tes" – from the Nahuatl word chalchí****tl, the name means "precious stone" – where the Chalchi****tes-Chichimec...
- and s**** strung along at intervals, with pieces of the sacred green chalchi****tl ... Allan A. Macfarlan, Paulette Jumeau Macfarlan, Knotcraft, the practical...
- and death. Here we can perceive Quetzalcoatl's serpent drawn by using chalchi****tls (jade-like stones) and s****; below the serpent que can contemplate...
- Piña Chan (1999). The second, in English, is the similarly titled In Chalchi****tl in quetzalli/Precious Greenstone Precious Quetzal Feather edited by Eloise...
- Journal of Arizona History. 32 (4): 385–412. Blake, William (1858). "The Chalchi****tl of the Ancient Mexicans". American Journal of Science. XXV: 227–232....