calcedony in English
noun
1
a microcrystalline type of quartz occurring in several different forms, including onyx, agate, and jasper.
Common cements include clay minerals such as kaolinite, montmorillonite, or illite; quartz or chalcedony ; iron oxides such as haematite; or calcite.
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1. Chalcedony, or calcedony, is a fine-grained variety of the silica mineral quartz
2. Chalcedony,also spelled calcedony, is a very fine-grained (cryptocrystalline) variety of the silica mineral quartz