Chalcedony

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A translucent to transparent milky or grayish quartz with distinctive microscopic crystals arranged in slender fibers in parallel bands.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, resembling in color milk diluted with water, and more or less clouded or opaque with veins, circles, or spots.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
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    Cross Reference
    chalcedony cement    conchoidally    break    flake    agate    flint    chert    shatter    conchoidal    fracture   
    Variant
    calcedony   
    Hyponym
    sardine    plasma    bloodstone    carnelian    agate    sardius    chrysoprase    cornelian    onyx    heliotrope   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    chrysoprase    amethyst    sardonyx    sapphirine    chrysolite    jasper    lazuli    garnet    tourmaline    calcedony