cymophane Min.
(ˈsaɪməʊfeɪn)
[f. Gr. κυµο-, comb. form of κῦµα wave + -ϕανης -showing.]
A synonym of chrysoberyl.
| 1804 Fourcroy's Chem. II. 406. 1850–6 O. W. Holmes Poems, Mysterious Illness 80, Her white arm, that wore a twisted chain Clasped with an opal-sheeny cymophane. |
Hence cymophanous (saɪˈmɒfənəs) a., ‘having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant’ (Webster 1864).