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.
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n. a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
Word Usage
"There is a kind of onyx called a chalcedony, which hath the same qualities, [4151] avails much against fantastic illusions which proceed from melancholy, preserves the vigour and good estate of the whole body."