单词 | jaspagate |
释义 | jaspagaten. Mineralogy. The same as agate jasper: see jasper n.1 1.‘Iaspachates must have been an agate in which bluish and greenish shades (Iaspis) predominated’ (Dana Min. 195). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > rock crystal > [noun] > chalcedony > agate > varieties of sea-agatea1593 phassachate1634 sardachate1706 jaspagate1748 peacock stone1753 moss agate1798 fortification-agate1882 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > tectosilicate > [noun] > quartz > cryptocrystalline quartz > chalcedony > agate > varieties sea-agatea1593 phassachate1634 sardachate1706 jaspagate1748 peacock stone1753 moss agate1798 ruin agate1798 1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 489* Greenish brown Variegated Agate. The Jasp-Agate of the Antients. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 99 Opake; sometimes translucent on the edges, but it then passes to jaspagate. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Jaspachate, a name anciently given to some varieties of agate jasper. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1748 |
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