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Word: Chalcedony
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Latin calcedonius, chalcedonius (often believed to mean ‘stone of Chalcedon’, but this is doubtful), from Greek khalkēdōn
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
kalˈsɛdəni
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkalsɪdəni
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a microcrystalline type of quartz occurring in several different forms including onyx and agate.
Short Definition:microcrystalline type of quartz occurring in several different forms including onyx and agate
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