The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chalchihuitl
Chalchihuitl \Chal`chi*huitl"\ (ch[.a]l`ch[-e]*w[-e]tl"), n. (Min.) The Mexican name for turquoise. See Turquoise.
Wiktionary
chalchihuitl
n. (context mineral South America English) turquoise
Usage examples of "chalchihuitl".
She was named for the mineral chalchihuitl, which, though it is neither rare nor of any intrinsic value, was prized by our people because it was the color of The Center of Everything.
So the color green was important to us, and the green stone chalchihuitl was precious to us, and only a child of noble lineage and high degree could appropriately have been named Jadestone Doll.