chalcedony

[chal·ced·o·ny]

A milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz

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A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.

Noun
a milky or grayish translucent to transparent quartz


n.
A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.


Chalcedony

Chal*ced"o*ny , n.; pl. Chalcedonies . [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. Chalcedon, a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc'82doine, OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony.] A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.] &hand; 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.

A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.

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