Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of agate containing brown or black moss-like dendritic forms, due to the oxids of manganese or iron distributed through the mass. Also called
dendrachate .
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- noun an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings
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Orange or reddish form of chalcedony, related to sard, bloodstone, and moss agate.
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Orange or reddish form of chalcedony, related to sard, bloodstone, and moss agate.
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