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单词 agate jasper
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agate jasper
agate jasper n. a variety of jasper veined or clouded with agate; (also) chalcedony intermediate between agate and jasper; a stone consisting of such material.
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1771 J. Hill Fossils 223 (table) Agate jaspers.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Jaspachate, a name anciently given to some varieties of agate jasper.
1890 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 12 613 Beads, called okum, in the form of perforated cylinders of red agate jasper passing into cornelian, have reached me from the Niger.
1908 H. M. Carnegie Catal. Coll. Antique Gems I. p. ix Certain nearly translucent stones of a quality between Agate and Jasper, generally green, but not Chrysoprase, are termed Agate-Jaspers, with note of colour, as, for example, Sea-green, or Olive-green Agate-Jasper.
1951 M. L. Wolf Dict. Arts 15 The related agate jasper consists of jasper-bearing agate containing veinings of chalcedony.
2002 P. Chase & J. Pawlik Healing with Gemstones v. 125 Within the jasper group are such trade names as picture jasper, agate jasper, and Egyptian jasper.
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agate jasper
agate jasper, ‘an agate consisting of jasper with veinings and cloudings of chalcedony’ (1868 Dana Min. (ed. 5) 195). banded, striped, or ribbon jasper, a variety having the colours in broad stripes. Egyptian jasper, a variety much used in ancient art, occurring in nodules with zones of brown, yellow, or red. porcelain jasper (see porcelain n. and adj. Compounds 2).extracted from jaspern.1
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