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moss agate
noun
- a kind of agate or chalcedony containing brown or black mosslike dendritic markings from various impurities.
moss agate
noun
- a variety of chalcedony with dark greenish mossy markings, used as a gemstone
Word History and Origins
Origin of moss agate1
Example Sentences
Citrine, aventurine and moss agate are said to attract abundance.
Sometimes he seems almost to shame human craftsmanship, as when he rings a frothy enamel medallion of vestal virgins with 11 ovals of moss agate, here a pale, glasslike stone containing plantlike mineral formations.
Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. µ The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties.
For I had some recollection of having been with our brake-beam-riding right fielder the evening "Lefty" Clancy tried to palm a moss agate out of one of Joe's trays—and got caught.
Then he looked up at the boy, and his large bovine eyes turned hard as moss agates.
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