Thesaurus: chalcedony

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1. n. A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
2. n. a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz
3. A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.] Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness, color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for being carved into cameos, it is called onyx. Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh red, and sard, a brownish red variety.
4. A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, havingusually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written alsocalcedony.]
5. n:100 n. a milky or greyish translucent to transparent quartz