Crossword-Solution: CHRYSO 6 letters, 2 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 14

The weak point in our chryso-aristocracy is the same I have alluded to in connection with cheap dandyism.

From the geological character of the Syrian mountains, there is no doubt that Palestine might boast of the topaz, the emerald, the chryso-beryl, several varieties of rock-crystal, and also of the finer jaspers.

The ruins of Crisa may be still seen where the ravine of the Pleistus joins the plain; its name is probably preserved by the modern Chryso.

Ten years later Caro and Witt discovered an orange colouring-matter belonging to the same class, and the latter introduced the compound into commerce as "chrysoïdine." These three compounds are basic, and the first of them is no longer used as a direct dye because it is fugitive.

These products are dye-stuffs, known as "azo-colours," and aniline yellow, Bismarck brown, and chrysoïdine are the oldest known technical compounds belonging to the group.