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- noun Plural form of
chalcedony .
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Examples
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Among the chalcedonies are the sardonyx, agates, and cornelian.
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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Ceraunia, engendered by the thunder, sparkled by the side of chalcedonies, which are a cure for poison.
Salammbo 2003
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The ivory horns were heaped with purple amethysts, and the horns of brass with chalcedonies and sards.
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The ivory horns were heaped with purple amethysts, and the horns of brass with chalcedonies and sards.
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The diamonds of this district are noted for their purity and lustre, and are generally associated with other crystals -- garnets, agates, quartz and chalcedonies.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various
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"_Agates_" are banded chalcedonies, the variety called "_onyx_" having very regular bands, and the "_sardonyx_" being an onyx agate in which some of the bands are of reddish sard.
A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Frank Bertram Wade
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There were rich red garnets, variegated jaspers, chalcedonies and agates of many hues mingled with rock-crystals.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania Jewett Castello Gilson
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She had filled her pockets with specimens of obsidian, jaspers, and chalcedonies, of colors most beautiful, with a deep-dyed opaqueness, a shell-fracture, and a satiny polish like jade.
A Touch of Sun and Other Stories Mary Hallock Foote 1892
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The ivory horns were heaped with purple amethysts, and the horns of brass with chalcedonies and sards.
Selected Prose of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1877
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The ivory horns were heaped with purple amethysts, and the horns of brass with chalcedonies and sards.
A House of Pomegranates Oscar Wilde 1877
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