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xiuhtomolli.

Headword: 
xiuhtomolli.
Principal English Translation: 

a precious stone, whether turquoise blue or green (see Molina); also called xiuhtomoltetl

Alonso de Molina: 

xiuhtomolli. turquesa, piedra preciosa.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 159v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

Attestations from sources in English: 

The xiuhtomolli or the xiuhtomoltetl in the Florentine Codex is called both a "green stone" and "turquoise," but the text states that it was sourced in Guatemala or Soconusco, which suggests the greenstone is more likely.
Sahagún, Bernardino de, Antonio Valeriano, Alonso Vegerano, Martín Jacobita, Pedro de San Buenaventura, Diego de Grado, Bonifacio Maximiliano, Mateo Severino, et al. Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España (Florentine Codex), Ms. Mediceo Palatino 218–20, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, MiBACT, 1577. Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter, Alicia Maria Houtrouw, Kevin Terraciano, Jeanette Peterson, Diana Magaloni, and Lisa Sousa, bk. 11, fol. 178v. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/11/folio/178v . Accessed 24 November 2025.

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