chalcedony – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
chalcedony
n.
precious stone
Chalcedony
chalcedony
Noun
1. a milky or grayish translucent to transparent quartz
(synonym) calcedony
(hypernym) quartz
(hyponym) agate
Chalcedony
(n.)
A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Chalcedony
only in (Revelation 21:19) The name is applied in modern mineralogy to one of the varieties of agate. It is generally translucent and exhibits a great variety of colors. So named because it was found near the ancient Chalcedon, near Constantinople.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) , by William Smith.
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