Assertion: peridot | /r/ObjectUse | used as name
Facets:
value: by silversmiths
type: OTHER
value: by merchants
type: OTHER
value: for green stones in europe
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in the 13th century
type: TEMPORAL
value: for stones
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It is clear that peridot already was used as a name for stones in the 13th century, as Kuhn (1982) and Paul Schaffner (2014) quotes texts from the 13th to 15th century describing peridot as one of the “precyous stonys”, as a green stone harder than emerald and as a stone "shining as the moon".
text: He uses the name “Chrysolite” as well as “
text: Nevertheless, it appears that "peridot" was used as a name for green stones in Europe by merchants and silversmiths, rather than scholars.