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paltic chalchihuitl.

Headword: 
paltic chalchihuitl.
Principal English Translation: 

a precious stone, almost like an emerald (see Molina; Engl. transl. by SW)

Orthographic Variants: 
paltic chalchiuitl
Alonso de Molina: 

paltic chalchiuitl. piedra preciosa casi como esmeralda.
71m2-79r. col. 2. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Jewelry, Adornment, Accouterments
Stones, Masonry
Turquoise, Greenstone/Jade