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Chalcedony
/kælˈsɛdəni/
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
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A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
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| calcedonynoun | Alternative form of chalcedony. [A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.] |
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| calcedonynoun | Alternative form of chalcedony. [A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.] |
| 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. |
| sardnoun | (mineralogy) A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color. |
| scaraboidnoun | (coleopterology, entomology) Any scaraboid beetle. |
| chalcedoniusnoun | Obsolete form of chalcedony. [A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.] |
| chalcedonyxnoun | (mineralogy) An agate formed of a white opaque chalcedony alternating with a greyish translucent chalcedony. |
| chalcedonitenoun | chalcedony |
| cassidonynoun | Chalcedony. |
| quartzinenoun | (mineralogy) A fibrous form of silica similar to chalcedony. |
| cacholongnoun | (mineralogy) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz. |
| onyxnoun | (mineralogy) A banded variety of chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. |
| jaspernoun | An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking conchoidally with a smooth surface. |
| calcedonnoun | The bass lute, an instrument used by baroque composers (notably Telemann). |
| cabochonnoun | (chiefly attributive) A precious stone which has only been polished, not cut into facets. |
| chertnoun | (geology, uncountable) Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral. |
| chinnynoun | (informal) A chinchilla. |
| aquaprasenoun | (mineralogy) A bluish-green variety of chalcedony, coloured by chromium and nickel. |
| alabasternoun | A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally. |
| chiastolite slatenoun | (mineralogy) A rock formed by contact metamorphism of carbonaceous shale, characterized by prominent cleavage or schistosity and the presence of conspicuous chiastolite crystals in a fine-grained groundmass. |
| novaculitenoun | (geology, mineralogy) A variety of chert, very rich in quartz, that has been used to make whetstones |
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