chalcedony

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• IPA: /kælˈsɛdəni/

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Wikipedia

Noun

A cut and polished chalcedony geode.

chalcedony (plural chalcedonies)

1. A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 128: 

     Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)

Translations

form of fine-grained quartz

• Cherokee: ᎧᎵᏏᏙᏂ (chr) (kalisidoni)
• Czech: chalcedon
• Estonian: kaltsedon (et)
• Finnish: kalsedoni (fi)
• French: calcédoine (fr)
• German: Chalcedon
• Hebrew: כלקדון
• Ido: kalcedono
• Italian: calcedonio (it) f
• Japanese: 玉髄 (ja) (ぎょくずい, gyokuzui)
• Latvian: halcedons

• Lithuanian: chalcedonas
• Polish: chalcedon
• Portuguese: calcedônia (pt) f
• Russian: халцедон (ru) (halcedon)
• Slovak: chalcedón
• Spanish: calcedonia (es) f
• Swahili: kalkedoni (sw)
• Swedish: kalcedon
• Turkish: kalsedon
• Ukrainian: халцедон (halcedon)
• Vietnamese: chan-xe-đon

See also

• (noun: types of minerals) agate, chert, flint, moganite
• (adjective) conchoidal
• (adverb) conchoidally
• (noun) break, fracture, flake, shatter
• (verb) knapp, break, fracture, flake, shatter