dichro
n.— «Dorothy offered to teach him and LuAnn how to make dichroic glass jewelry.…They will be showing their dichro jewelry—as it’s known in industry speak.…Using all the colors of the rainbow and then some, LuAnn and Pat create unique works of art—layers upon layers of glass, fused together at 1,700 degrees, waiting for the sun to reveal their hidden depths.» —“Deep jeweled hues, sun-catching colors” by Julia M. Dendinger News-Bulletin (Belen, New Mexico) July 25, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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