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quiltic chalchihuitl.

Headword: 
quiltic chalchihuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

this is the same stone as the quetzalchalchihuitl (see Molina), a green or blue stone

Orthographic Variants: 
quiltic chalchiuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

quiltic chalchiuitl. la mesma piedra es que quetzalchalchiuitl.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 89v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments
Stones, Masonry
Turquoise, Greenstone/Jade
See also: 
quetzalchalchihuitl.