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Agatization

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aggatnounObsolete spelling of agate. [(countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.]
agatenoun(countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
eye agatenounA kind of circle agate, with the central part of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
lace agatenounA variety of agate that exhibits a lace-like pattern with forms such as eyes, swirls, bands or zigzags.
agate glassnounA glass made to imitate agate by stacking glass layers of different colours and thickness and fusing them with heat.
agatewarenoun(ceramics) Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
akaganéitenounAlternative form of akaganeite. [(mineralogy) A monoclinic iron(III) oxide-hydroxide/chloride mineral formed by the weathering of pyrrhotite.]
pagoditenoun(dated, mineralogy) agalmatolite
agglomerationnounState of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
eyestonenounA small, lenticular, calcareous body, especially an operculum of a small shell of the family Tubinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye.
pegmatitizationnounAlternative form of pegmatization. [The process of pegmatizing.]
jaspachatenoun(obsolete) agate jasper
argillizationnoun(geology) The formation of argillic clay from feldspars
moss agatenoun(mineralogy) A variety of agate with brown, black, or green moss-like or dendritic markings, due in part to manganese oxide.
aggienoun(US, informal) An agricultural school, such as one of the state land-grant colleges.
akaganeitenoun(mineralogy) A monoclinic iron(III) oxide-hydroxide/chloride mineral formed by the weathering of pyrrhotite.
pegmatizationnounThe process of pegmatizing.
hemachatenoun(mineralogy) A variety of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.
sardachatenoun(mineralogy) A variety of agate containing sard.
albitizationnoun(mineralogy) conversion into albite

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