chalcedony
noun
a microcrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, often milky or grayish.
chalcedonies
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pluralof chalcedony.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She had filled her pockets with specimens of obsidian, jaspers, and chalcedonies, of colors most beautiful, with a deep-dyed opaqueness, a shell-fracture, and a satiny polish like jade.
From A Touch of Sun and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
But flint is the staple of the broad Culm Valley, under good, well-pastured loam; and here are chalcedonies and agate stones.
From Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
There were rich red garnets, variegated jaspers, chalcedonies and agates of many hues mingled with rock-crystals.
From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Jewett Castello Gilson
Many coloured and variegated chalcedonies are cut and polished as ornamental stones, and are described under special headings.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
Even precious stones are not wanting; garnets, topazes, tourmalines, amethysts, beryls, jaspers, and chalcedonies having been found.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie
