moss agate

n (Minerals) a variety of chalcedony with dark greenish mossy markings, used as a gemstone

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moss agate - an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markingsagate - an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles

moss agate

moss agate:

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, translucent, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz and a subvariety of chalcedony. Agates are identical in chemical structure to jasper, flint, chert, petrified wood, and tiger's-eye, and are often found in association with opal.
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moss agate

[′mȯs ′ag·ət] (mineralogy) A milky or almost transparent chalcedony containing dark inclusions in a dendritic pattern.

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noun an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings

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