| 单词 | chalcedony |
| 例句 | The box was carved wood, its mother-of-pearl lid inlaid with jasper and chalcedony. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z With any luck, the territory would contain flint, jasper, or chalcedony, the raw material for spear points, meat scrapers, and other hunting tools. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He’s also brought down a few pieces of furniture I recognize from the palace—a silk-embroidered divan, satin cushions, a shimmering spider-silk throw, and a chalcedony set of tea things. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It encompassed jewels suggesting the sinuous source of the Nile, glacier-blue chalcedony penguins, a whale spouting a diamond “spray” and diamond-encrusted polar bears. Jewelry With Stories to Tell 2010-07-12T11:20:00Z Starting when she was barely 20 years old, Ms. Belperron made her mark at the House of Boivin with creations that set precious stones against rock crystal, chalcedony or smoked quartz. Special Report: A Cut Above: Jewelry: An Unsigned Iconoclast of 20th-Century Design 2010-12-10T17:50:00Z The outfit was by 4SDesigns, but that the accompanying chain around his neck was an 18-karat white gold, platinum, chalcedony, turquoise and diamond necklace by Cartier somewhat complicated the point. Much Gilt, Little Guilt 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Such is the case with a little dish of peanuts and candied dates sculptured from brown chalcedony. Art in Review: ‘Colors of the Universe’: ‘Chinese Hardstone Carvings’ 2012-12-27T22:03:38Z The subtle color mixes included lilac diamonds with lavender chalcedony, purple sapphires and pink spinels. Special Report: Fashion: 3 Weddings and a Dior Carnival 2011-07-04T18:10:04Z The National Museum of the American Indian displays about 100 Pepper artifacts near the fourth-floor elevator entrance, mostly jasper and chalcedony blades that date back as far as 10,000 B.C. Antiques: George Hubbard Pepper Retrospective in New Orleans 2010-07-22T21:43:00Z One supposed mammal tooth was actually a bit of the mineral chalcedony. We Regret the Fossil Error. It Wasn’t the First. 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Speakers of English sometimes have trouble knowing how to pronounce Greek-derived words with “ch” in them—“chalcedony,” “chiropodist,” “chimera”—because “ch” also represents the sound in such English words as “church” and “cheese.” Mary Norris: Greek to Me 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Watts gleamed in jewels, pairing her pavé diamond rings with a dazzler of a sapphire, diamond and chalcedony necklace. Bulgari hosts pre-Oscars book-launch party to benefit Save the Children 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z The collection is set in 18k rose gold or white gold, featuring amethyst, pink quartz or chalcedony. Clock, Watches, Jewelry and Games Highlight Chopard's Winter Collection 2012-10-07T15:30:48Z It is overrun with vines and 159 flowers, cut in stone, and set with onyx and jasper and lapis lazuli, carnelians and turquoises, and chalcedonies and sapphires. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Agate, carnelian, jasper, lead, copper, gold, silver, terra-cotta, mica, pearl, lignite, coal, bone, shells, chalcedony, wampumpeag, etc. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z Other precious stones found are chalcedony, garnet, jacinth, amethyst, carnelian, agate, rock-crystals, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z Chalced′onyx, an agate formed of a white opaque chalcedony alternating with a grayish translucent chalcedony. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z The finer specimens of the Aegean gems are engraved with the wheel and the point in hard stones, such as chalcedony, amethyst, sard, rock-crystal and haematite. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Gradually, imperially, the sun rose higher and flushed sky and sea with deeper orange, more burning crimson, and the bergs into vivid ruby, chalcedony and chrysophase walls. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It runs also into varieties of jasper, chalcedony, and common quartz; and the different gradations from well-characterized hornstone, until its distinctive characters are lost in other sub-species of quartz, may be distinctly marked. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z My heart is an altar of chalcedony, Crowned with a tablet of bronze, Blacked with smoke, scarred with fire, And scented with the aromatic bitterness Of dead incense. Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z Arrow heads and spear heads made of chert, jasper, chalcedony, and obsidian, are common. American Indians 2011-04-21T02:00:55.200Z A chalcedony scarabaeoid from Greece, in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, with a lady at her toilet, attended by her maid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Shining purple and vivid red, the glow of opal and the sheen of pearl, all the glory of chalcedony and chrysoprase formed a single wonder in the red glare of burning fungus. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z My hair was like the flag-flower, And my breasts carven goodlier Than beryl with chalcedony. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Volcanic ashes, jasper, chalcedony, and quartz, strewed the sandy route, low volcanic ridges, of comparatively recent formation, intersecting the landscape from west to east. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z Pink chalcedony, with dark vein of color, perfect. American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 2011-02-23T03:00:33.300Z In these, and in almost all Greek gems belonging to this period of excellence, the material is of indifferent quality, consisting of agate, chalcedony or cornelian, just as in the older specimens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z From the top the circling lines of the Whirlpool seemed graven in a level of chalcedony. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z There was a hard gleam in his eyes; more than ever they resembled black chalcedony. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Blocks and logs of agate, chalcedony, jasper, opal and other silicate deposits lie in hundreds over an area of 60 sq. m. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" Clouded chalcedony; fine and perfect specimens from Clear Water Harbor, west coast of Florida, rare. American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 2011-02-23T03:00:33.300Z Bands or layers of various colours blended together, the base generally being chalcedony, and this mixed with variable proportions of jasper, amethyst, quartz, opal, heliotrope, and carnelian. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Vitreous silica is less hard than chalcedony, but harder than felspar. The Methods of Glass Blowing and of Working Silica in the Oxy-Gas Flame For the use of chemical and physical students It required but a single glance for him to find the matrix in falsely beautiful gems, or to appraise any sort of stone from diamonds down to chalcedony. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z This hardness is a property of other forms of silica, as quartz and chalcedony. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight BLOODSTONE, the popular name of the mineral heliotrope, which is a variety of dark green chalcedony or plasma, with bright red spots, splashes and streaks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" The surface of chalcedony is occasionally coated with a delicate bluish bloom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" A siliceous mineral, nearly allied to chalcedony and flint, but less homogeneous and simple in texture. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology "You have done work for his Highness the Maharajah, I understand," said the sahib, his eyes glittering like black chalcedony. Caravans By Night A Romance of India 2011-01-03T03:01:02.370Z Instead of black or dull grey flint it has become translucent agate, of splendid orange and purple colours, or has been changed into clear translucent chalcedony. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight CARNELIAN, a red variety of chalcedony, much used as an ornamental stone, especially for seals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Our chalcedony was probably included by the ancients among the various kinds of jasper and agate, especially the varieties termed “leucachates” and “cerachates.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Much commercial chrysoprase is chalcedony artificially stained by impregnation with a green salt of nickel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" At the feet of the statue were found a number of beautiful arrowheads of flint and chalcedony; also beads that formed part of his necklace. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa The flints in Sandown Bay have in the main travelled round from here; and towards the Culvers small handy specimens of agates and chalcedonies rounded by the waves may be collected. The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight But Flint is well named; he is chalcedony at heart. Daisy's Necklace And What Came of It Many coloured and variegated chalcedonies are cut and polished as ornamental stones, and are described under special headings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" I thought of that gate of Jerusalem the Golden, all enamelled with emerald, amethyst, chalcedony, and pearl sot in gold. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife The almost impalpable white of an azalea with its flame-green foliage, and a silver statuette, poised high on a slender column of white chalcedony, were the only accessories. Tante Mexico also produces many other precious stones, among which are the ruby, amethyst, topaz, garnet, pearl, agate, turquoise, and chalcedony, besides onyx and many sorts of choice marbles. Aztec Land It is a species of agate or chalcedony. Harper's Young People, August 10, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly 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. Agate, chalcedony, onyx, opal, beryl, lapis-lazuli, and aquamarine are represented by the radiant sheen emanating from distant suns, displaying an inexhaustible variety of colour, blended in tints of untold harmony. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' She was not going to ask him how he came to be so mighty wise about chalcedony and chrysoprase and sardonyx, about which she herself either never knew or had forgotten. Somehow Good Even precious stones are not wanting; garnets, topazes, tourmalines, amethysts, beryls, jaspers, and chalcedonies having been found. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France The heliotrope has formed among it in centres, to which the chalcedony seems to have been drawn, as if by molecular attraction. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland An opalescent form of chalcedony is frequently gathered on California beaches and polished for tourists under the name of "California Moonstone." A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public We picked up fragments of chalcedony and small blocks of volcanic rock, or basalt. In the Tail of the Peacock 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" Lead, iron, coal, gypsum, manganese, zinc, antimony, cobalt, ochre of various kinds, common salt, nitre, plumbago, porphyry, jasper, chalcedony, buhrstone, marble, and freestone, of various qualities. A New Guide for Emigrants to the West Why, for instance, should that vesicle have elaborated only green earth, and the vesicle separated from it by a partition barely a line in thickness, have elaborated only chalcedony? The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland "Bloodstone" is a greenish chalcedony with spots of red jasper. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Two of these are of chalcedony, with a figure of a toad roughly carved on the stone, and are of a character and origin different from the others. More Science From an Easy Chair She held a style of chalcedony, and with this she traced strange lines and curves upon the smooth surface, her chin leaning upon her other hand and her eyes cast down. The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago The cap for the pivots of the compass-cards, formed of hard siliceous stone, a chalcedony or carnelian, &c. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Then an ample infusion of chalcedony pervaded the mass. The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland For example, large quantities of somewhat porous chalcedony from Brazil are stained and sold in imitation of natural agate or sard or other stones. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public Fragments, branches, and trunks of all sorts and sizes are found lying around, many of them richly colored, forming chalcedony, opal, and agate; some approach the condition of jasper and onyx. Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania But flint is the staple of the broad Culm Valley, under good, well-pastured loam; and here are chalcedonies and agate stones. Crocker's Hole From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore When you desire his appearance, touch that chalcedony just before you. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Agate and chalcedony were also to be found among250 the loose stones, and often the three occurred together. Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania Other varieties of silicon dioxide, some of which also contain water, are chalcedony, onyx, jasper, opal, agate, and flint. An Elementary Study of Chemistry 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 Fragments of arrow-heads, chips of chalcedony, and quantities of potsherds scattered around proved that our ancient Shinumos had known the region well. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 A chalcedony made the wearer lucky at law, increased the vigour of one's body, and prevented illusions of the devil. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Eight arrow points of gray and blackish chalcedony. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 With all due gravity I produced the chalcedony seal from my belt, and, without quitting hold, extended it for my visitor's inspection. Tales of Destiny There was nothing in the trench, at any depth, after the chalcedony pebble, that could possibly be due to human intervention, except these small patches of ashes, if ashes they are. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 As soon as we landed we perceived that the ground was strewn with flaked chips of chalcedony, jasper, and similar stones. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Eighty chip flints and flakes of agate, quartz, chalcedony, &c. Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428 Numerous specimens of arrow-points, flakes, cores, and rough masses of gray and black chalcedony, obtained partly from the mound, and partly from the soil surrounding it. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 Vasari tells of an ingenious piece of work by Matteo, where he has carved a chalcedony into a head of Dejanira, with the skin of the lion about it. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance At 103 feet, at the bottom of the yellow clay and on top of the gravel, was a chalcedony pebble about 2½ inches in diameter. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 Very good-humouredly the naturalist left Mr. Haye and came to them, and presently was deep in quartz and silica, and onyx and chalcedony, and all manner of stones that are precious. Hills of the Shatemuc The great mesa on which she sat was a mighty peninsula of chalcedony that stretched into the desert. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert Lot of rudely chipped arrow or spear points of grayish, chalcedony. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 Sometimes this black flint passes into chert and chalcedony of blue and purple tints. In Indian Mexico (1908) A foot farther in was part of a skiver; and 2 feet beyond this was a large knife of white chert almost as clear and compact as chalcedony, shown at a in plate 27. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 A third specimen contains a portion of cornelian, partially crystallized, a fragment of chalcedony, and a fragment of a crystal of white quartz. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 The beautiful stones, amethyst, agate, chalcedony, and jasper, are all different kinds of quartz. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky Large lot of flakes and fragments of gray and dark chalcedony or flint, left from the manufacture of implements. 65434-65451. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 The sapphire was backed with sardonyx, and the bluish white of the chalcedony was half pellucid to the gold chrysolite behind it. Among the Forces "And what shall we build it of, jasper, sapphire and chalcedony?" The House that Jill Built after Jack's had proved a failure It exists nearly pure in crystallized quartz, chalcedony, cornelian, flint, etc., the coloring ingredients of these minerals being generally iron or manganese. A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations The walls were of coral, the roof of jadestone and chalcedony, and the floors were of the finest mother-of-pearl. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) A serrated specimen is 3 inches in length, and is made of yellowish striped chalcedony. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 20. Notes on the Apocalypse Then, sapphire represents the lofty aspirations of the soul, chalcedony charity, sard and onyx candor, beryl allegorizes theological science, hyacinthe humility, while the ruby appeases wrath, and emerald 'lapidifies' incorruptible faith. Là-bas At the dealer's, I was very soon in a bewildering collection of amethyst, beryl, chalcedony, topaz, tourmaline, jasper, aquamarine, malachite, and other articles of value. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; 20. The Revelation Explained One is made of white translucent quartz, and others of dark gray and black chalcedony. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 Silicified fossil wood of a coniferous tree, is found abundantly in the plains, and in rounded pebbles in the banks and bed of the river, also chalcedony and compact brown haematite. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 Onyx, a variety of agate or chalcedony, in which occur even layers of white and black or white and brown, sharply defined in good specimens; they come from India, and are highly valued for cameo-cutting. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge On the beach were chalcedony, cornelian, and agate. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The blue chalcedony which kindles with bluish phosphorescent fires against a dead brown, chocolate background. Against the Grain Arrow heads and knives of gray and black chalcedony. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 Some are jasper, and look like masses of red sealing-wax; others are agate, or opalescent chalcedony, beautifully lined and variegated; many retain the graining, layers, knots, and other details of their woody structure. Overland The finest specimens, which come from South Asia, are of fairly translucent chalcedony; those of jasper are opaque; they are used as seals, ring-stones, &c. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Quartz crystals, with chalcedony, from nodules in amygdaloid. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 Flint, chalcedony, carnelian, onyx, sardonyx, and bloodstone, or heliotrope, and the numerous varieties of agates, are principally composed of quartz, with various tinging materials. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 560, August 4, 1832 A lot of medium-sized, rather heavy arrow points of gray chalcedony. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 The ruby, the emerald, the topaz, the amethyst, chalcedony, carnelian, jasper, agate, and garnet, and all the beautiful varieties of rock crystal, are mostly or entirely silex. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 Forests of pine, deep, dark and almost impenetrable, are scattered at random along its banks, and its beautiful margin presents every variety of sand and pebbly beach, glittering with crystals, carnelians and chalcedony. The Discovery of Yellowstone Park Red, somewhat slaty jasper, mixed with quartz and chalcedony, and containing specular iron ore. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 Not far off is a place here perfect geodes of chalcedony are found. Arizona Sketches Lot of large knives and spear points of variously colored chalcedony. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 She wanted every shining stone she saw, and in summer she was always going off into the sand hills to hunt for crystals and agates and bits of pink chalcedony. The Song of the Lark It will be tawny gold underfoot, walled up with jacinth and jasper, ribbed with chalcedony, and yet no hymnbook heaven, but the free air and free spaces of Shoshone Land. The Land of Little Rain Indistinct specimens containing numerous fragments of shells, in a calcareous cement; the substance of these shells has at first sight the appearance of chalcedony, and is harder than ordinary carbonate of lime. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 Much of the chalcedony in an agate is known, from the method of artificially staining the stone, to be readily permeable. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Large lot of long, triangular knives or spear points, made of gray and reddish mottled chalcedony. Illustrated Catalogue of a Portion of the Collections Made During the Field Season of 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 427-510 These plains are much higher than the sandstone ravines, and the soil contains not only pebbles, but angular fragments of the knots and fibres of wood in a silicified state, and much encrusted with chalcedony. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia On cooling it deposited a siliceous matter or chalcedony forming a bason round its base. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation A city with foundations of jasper and chalcedony, emerald and sardonyx; gates of pearl, pavements of gold. Charlotte's Inheritance Included matter of a green colour, like fragments of ``green earth,'' embedded in the chalcedony and disposed in filaments and other forms suggestive of vegetable growth, gives rise to moss agate. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Pronounce: dissuading; feuds; wounds; chalcedony; plaiting; bade; spacious; benignant; mystic; imperious. The Elson Readers, Book 5 All this rich land was thickly strewed with small fragments of fossil wood, in silex, agate, and chalcedony. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 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 And Slid stood up, swarthy, and clad in seaweed, and mightily dived from the last chalcedony step out of Pegana's threshold straight into ocean. Time and the Gods The cellular tissue of the vegetable matter is filled, or even replaced, by various siliceous minerals like chalcedony, jasper, crystalline quartz and semi-opal, the silica having probably been introduced by thermal waters. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 The inside of the buildings in this lower court stood upon great pillars of chalcedony stone and porphyry marble made archways after a goodly antique fashion. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 1 The blade is of yellow, opalescent chalcedony, beautifully chipped and polished. Early European History Here we at once found, and found in situ for the first time, the chalcedony which strews the seaboard-flat. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Then running down the stairway of the gods with tripping feet, chalcedony, onyx, chalcedony, onyx, step by step, she cast her golden ball across the sky. Time and the Gods It sometimes happens that horizontal deposits, or strata usually opaline in character, are formed on the floor of a cavity after the walls have been lined with successive layers of chalcedony. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 A. Diamonds, jasper, sapphire, chalcedony, emerald, sardonyx, sardius, chrysolite, beryl, topaz, chrysoprasus, jacinth, amethyst. The Infant System For Developing the Intellectual and Moral Powers of all Children, from One to Seven years of Age Shall I shew you a helmet of Salvation, a shield, or breastplate of Faith? or will you please to walk in and see some precious stones? a jasper, a sapphire, a chalcedony? An English Garner Critical Essays & Literary Fragments Free gold in paillettes was noticed by the Expedition in the micaceous schists veining the quartz, and in the chalcedony which parts the granite from the gneiss. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 See these blocks of fine marble and those superb masses of porphyry and chalcedony,—but there's something which will interest you more. Kalitan, Our Little Alaskan Cousin Certain layers of chalcedony are practically impermeable, and these consequently remain uncoloured, so that an alternation of dark and white bands is obtained, thus giving rise to an onyx. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It will be tawny gold underfoot, walled up with jacinth and jasper, ribbed with chalcedony, and yet no hymn-book heaven, but the free air and free spaces of Shoshone Land. The Land of Little Rain The walls of the chapel are all incrusted with gorgeous marbles and precious stones, from malachite, porphyry, lapis-lazuli, chalcedony, agate, to all the finer and more expensive gems which shone in Aaron's ephod. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 The small specimens of chalcedony in my private collection were examined at Trieste, and one of them contained dendritic gold, visible to the naked eye. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 The porous basalt, which passes into mandelstein, has oblong cavities from two to eight lines in diameter, lined with chalcedony, enclosing fragments of compact basalt. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 No. Red porphyry--verde antique--jasper--oriental agate--alabaster--mother-of-pearl--chalcedony--red coral--lapis lazuli! The Innocents Abroad — Volume 03 It comprehends any rock in which round or almond-shaped nodules of some mineral, such as agate, chalcedony, calcareous spar, or zeolite, are scattered through a base of wacke, basalt, greenstone, or other kind of trap. The Student's Elements of Geology Agate, chalcedony, and opal have probably an origin similar to this. An Introduction to Chemical Science Ikey dabbled discreetly in water, donned coat, hat and collar with its frazzled tie and chalcedony pin, and set forth in pursuit of his ideals. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million Rock of many kinds, including serpentine, schist, felsite, jadeite, diorite, and nephrite, were used; and saws of flint or chalcedony, some toothed on one side only, others on both, are of frequent occurrence. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples No. Red porphyry —verde antique—jasper—oriental agate—alabaster—mother-of-pearl —chalcedony—red coral—lapis lazuli! The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain The numerous rents alluded to are not empty, but filled with chalcedony and quartz. The Student's Elements of Geology Small fragments of the jasper, examined under the microscope, seem to resemble the chalcedony with its colouring matter not separated into layers, but mingled in the siliceous paste, together with some impurities. Volcanic Islands Carmel yields crystals of quarts and chalcedony,294 and the fine sand about Tyre and Sidon is still such as would make excellent glass. History of Phoenicia They did so; and found one or two common crystals, and some jasper, and a piece of chalcedony all in little bubbles, but no diamond. A Simpleton "When we are apart I always imagine your face as a face of gold, with eyes and teeth of bdellium, or chalcedony, or agate, or any wonderful unknown stones of appropriate colors." An Unsocial Socialist The stone below is whiter, and contains occasional nodules of grey chert or chalcedony. The Student's Elements of Geology The cells of the scoriaceous basalt are lined or filled with fine, concentric layers of chalcedony, coated and studded with bright-red oxide of iron. Volcanic Islands No. 5 is beautifully engraved on a chalcedony. History of Phoenicia Ceraunia, engendered by the thunder, sparkled by the side of chalcedonies, which are a cure for poison. Salammbo As to those who go by way of the Syrtes and the temple of Ammon to purchase chalcedony, they had no doubt perished in the sands. Salammbo Thick beds of chert occur in the Middle Purbeck filled with mollusca and cyprides of the genera already enumerated, in a beautiful state of preservation, often converted into chalcedony. The Student's Elements of Geology |
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