A siliceous rock with alternating bands of chalcedony and variously colored chert.

1560s, from Middle French agathe (16c.), from Latin achates, from Greek akhates, the name of a river in Sicily where the stones were found (Pliny). But the river could as easily be named for the stone [..]

A reddish-orange gemstone

adverb, equivalent to "like"

A small penis. This description is more common in the UK.

Agate [N] [S](Heb. shebo), a precious stone in the breast-plate of the high priest ( Exodus 28:19 ; 39:12 ), the second in the third row. This may be the agate properly so called, a semi-transparent c [..]

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A very hard shaped stone mounted in a wooden handle, used primarily to burnish paper, thin foil, and silver or gold leafing. Agates come in beveled flat, blunt rounded, and curved rounded shapes. See [..]

a beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands or blended in clouds. It is mentioned four times in the text of the Au [..]

(Heb. shebo), a precious stone in the breast-plate of the high priest (Ex. 28:19; 39:12), the second in the third row. This may be the agate properly so called, a semi-transparent crystallized quartz, [..]

A type size of 5 1/2 points. Reference: agate line.

A naturally occurring stone, composed of a form of silica similar to chalcedony, usually light in color with darker bands of brown, purple, or pink, shaped and polished for use as a burnishing tool, t [..]

To see agate in a dream, signifies a slight advancement in business affairs.   

A variegated variety or quartz allowing colored bands or other markings (clouded, moss-like, etc…).

Small type often used for statistical data on sports and stock pages.

(n) an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles

A variegated variety of quartz showing colored bands or other markings (clouded, mosslike, etc.).

can be many different colors, and because its banding is so variable, different types of it have been given many different descriptive names. Many types of organic material have been fossilized by Aga [..]

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is the oldest stone in recorded history and has been used in jewelry since Biblical Babylonian times. Agates were used to ward off storms and were prized gems in antiquity. Traditionally, Agates with [..]

is the Mystical birthstone for September. It is also the birth stone for the Zodiac sign of Gemini. Agate

Agate is gemologically described as a cryptocrystalline variety of quartz. Rather than a single crystal, it is composed of myriad miniature crystals that can only be seen with extreme magnification. In appearance agate is often banded. The concentric bands may be oval, rounded, elliptical, or totally irregular in shape, and may be multiple colors, [..]

1. <chemical> A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colours are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc, are familiar varieties. 2. A kind of type, larger than pearl and smalle [..]

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A type size of 5 1/2 points. Reference: agate line.

See Imitation Agate. See photo

noun. 1. The area marked off to play marbles in. 2. A favorite marble used as a taw or shooter. 3. A marble made of alabaster. Origin uncertain; perhaps a diminutive of alabaster; qualified etymology [..]

A semi-precious chalcedony formed as quartz fossils of a previous geological age. The colors of agate can be clouded, clear or banded.

A type size of 5 1/2 points. Reference, agate line.

A form of quartz mineral with a strongly banded composition in which each layer differs in color and translucency. Colors range from reds, browns and yellows to greens, bluish white and white. Used fo [..]

A type size of 5 1/2 points. Reference, agate line.

A type size of 5 1/2 points. Reference: agate line.

A type size of 5 1/2 points. Reference, agate line.

(countable,uncountable|mineral) A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in c [..]

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