Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Schiller \Schil"ler\, n. [G., play of colors.] (Min.)
   The peculiar bronzelike luster observed in certain minerals,
   as hypersthene, schiller spar, etc. It is due to the presence
   of minute inclusions in parallel position, and is sometimes
   of secondary origin.

   {Schiller spar} (Min.), an altered variety of enstatite,
      exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronzelike luster.

Source : WordNet®

Schiller
     n : German romantic writer (1759-1805) [syn: {Johann Christoph
         Friedrich von Schiller}]