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chalcedony
/ˈtʃælsəˌdoʊni/
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What does chalcedony mean?
noun
- A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
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/ˈtʃælsəˌdoʊni/
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Not far off is a place here perfect geodes of chalcedony are found.
Agate, chalcedony, and opal have probably an origin similar to this.
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The porous basalt, which passes into mandelstein, has oblong cavities from two to eight lines in diameter, lined with chalcedony, enclosing fragments of compact basalt.
She wanted every shining stone she saw, and in summer she was always going off into the sand hills to hunt for crystals and agates and bits of pink chalcedony.
Rock of many kinds, including serpentine, schist, felsite, jadeite, diorite, and nephrite, were used; and saws of flint or chalcedony, some toothed on one side only, others on both, are of frequent occurrence.