moss agate


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

Origin of moss agate

1
First recorded in 1790–1800

Words Nearby moss agate

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How to use moss agate in a sentence

  • 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
  • Mr. Colon picked up a fine moss agate and the Professor a Kansas diamond.

    Buffalo Land | W. E. Webb
  • On the street I met the stage manager and the tall, dark man just as they were coming out of the moss agate saloon.

    Cordwood | Edgar Wilson (Bill) Nye
  • It is a chalky white, and shows a growth of moss like that of moss agate.

    To and Through Nebraska | Frances I. Sims Fulton

British Dictionary definitions for moss agate

moss agate

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

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