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in esteem, and as his account may materially aid in identifying the chal- 
chihuitl, it is subjoined entire: 
‘The emerald which the Mexicans call quetzalitztli is precious, of great 
value, and is so called, because by the word quetzalli they mean to say a 
very green plume, and by Fig. 49. 
peculiarities belong 
the good emerald ; name- 
ly, it is deep green with 
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and at the same time lus- 
trous. "There is another 
kind of stone which is 
called quetzalchalchivitl, 
so called because it is 
very green and resem- 
bles the chalchivitl ; the 
best of these are of dee 
green, transparent, and 
without spot; ose 
which are of inferior 
quality have veins and 
spots intermingled. The 
Mexicans work these 
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are green (but not trans- Chalehibuitl, or engraved precious stone, from Ocosingo, 
: : Central America. Full size. 
parent), mixed with 
white; they are much used by the chiefs, who wear them fastened to 
their wrists by cords, as a sign of rank. The lower orders (maceguales) 
are not allowed to wear them. . . . There is yet another stone called 
tlilaiotic, a kind of chalchuite, in color black and green mixed. . . . And 
mong the jaspers is a variety in color white mixed with green, and for 
this reason called iztacchalchiuitl.* Another variety has veins of clear 
* Iztac signifies white; 1. e. white chalchihuitl. 
