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Chalcedony   Listen
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Chalcedony  n.  (pl. chalcedonies)  (Written also calcedony)  (Min.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness, color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for being carved into cameos, it is called onyx. Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh red, and sard, a brownish red variety.






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Words linked to "Chalcedony" :   sardine, sardius, carnelian, heliotrope, quartz, sard, chrysoprase, calcedony



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