red chalcedony
1Chalcedony — A cut and polished Chalcedony geode General Category Oxide mineral Chemical formula …
2Chalcedony — Chal*ced o*ny (k[a^]l*s[e^]d [ o]*n[y^] or k[a^]l s[ e]*d[ o]*n[y^]; 277), n.; pl. {Chalcedonies} ( n[i^]z). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. CHalkhdw n Chalcedon, a town in Asia Minor, opposite to Byzantium: cf. calc[ e]doine, OE. calcidoine,… …
3Red Sea — The Red Sea is a salt water inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden. In the north are the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf …
4Chrome chalcedony — Zimbabwean chrome chalcedony (known locally as mtorolite). Scale is in centimetres. General Category Oxide mineral …
5Ometepe (archaeological site) — Ometepe Island is an important archaeological site, located in the Lake Nicaragua in the Republic of Nicaragua, administratively belongs to the Rivas Department. Its name derives from the Nahuatl words ome (two) and tepetl (mountain), meaning two …
6silica mineral — Any of the forms of silicon dioxide (SiO2), including quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, coesite, stishovite, melanophlogite, lechatelierite, and chalcedony. Various kinds of silica minerals have been produced synthetically. * * * Introduction… …
7Orb of Aldur — The Orb of Aldur is a blue glowing rock in the fictional series The Belgariad and also The Malloreon, by David Eddings. It was crafted from a riverstone by the god Aldur. Aldur constantly turned the riverstone in his hands and after considerable… …
8carnelian — noun Etymology: alteration of cornelian, from Middle English corneline, from Anglo French, perhaps from Old French cornele cornel cherry Date: 1695 a hard red chalcedony used in jewelry …
9sard — n. Carnelian, sardel, sardine, sardius, sardoin, red chalcedony …
10sard — /sad/ (say sahd) noun a brownish red chalcedony, or a piece of it, used in jewellery, etc. {Middle English saarde, from Latin sarda sardius} …
