Min. [f. the Mexican name of the stone, chalchihuitl + -ITE.] A green variety of turquoise from Mexico.
1843. Prescott, Mexico (1850), I. 274. Four precious stones of considerable size, resembling emeralds, called by the natives chalchuites.
1883. Amer. Jrnl. Sc., Ser. III. XXV. 197. The Green Turquois known as Chalchuite.
