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moss agate

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noun

a kind of agate or chalcedony containing brown or black mosslike dendritic markings from various impurities.

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Nearby words

  1. mosquito hawk,
  2. mosquito net,
  3. mosquito netting,
  4. mosquitofish,
  5. moss,
  6. moss animal,
  7. moss campion,
  8. moss green,
  9. moss hag,
  10. moss layer

Origin of moss agate

First recorded in 1790–1800
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Examples from the Web for moss agate

  • There was blood upon that moon, and all the shores were like veins in moss-agate and the sea like oil.

    Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska|Charles Warren Stoddard

  • His soft eyes hardened and the moss-agate look came into them.

    Fore!|Charles Emmett Van Loan

  • The governing planet of the month is Venus, and the gems are moss-agate and emerald.

    The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for moss agate

moss agate

noun

a variety of chalcedony with dark greenish mossy markings, used as a gemstone
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