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moss agate

noun

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


moss agate

noun

  1. a variety of chalcedony with dark greenish mossy markings, used as a gemstone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of moss agate1

First recorded in 1790–1800
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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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