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Agate
Agate A*gate", adv. [Pref. a- on + gate way.]
On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
[Obs.] --Cotgrave.
Agate
Agate Ag"ate, n. [F. agate, It. agata, L. achates, fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Min.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz,
presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors
are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in
clouds.
Note: The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss
agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties.
2. (Print.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller
than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
Note: This line is printed in the type called agate.
3. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small
figures cut in agate for rings and seals. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so
called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
Meaning of Agates from wikipedia
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Agate (/ˈæɡɪt/ AG-it) is the
banded variety of chalcedony,
which comes in a wide
variety of colors.
Agates are
primarily formed within volcanic and metamorphic...
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embedded agates. Over the next
billion years,
erosion exposed a
number of the quartz-filled,
banded vesicles —
agates.
These agates were
freed by...
- Moss
agate is a semi-precious
gemstone formed from
silicon dioxide. It is a form of
chalcedony which includes minerals of a
green color embedded in the...
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Enhydro agates are nodules,
agates, or
geodes with
water trapped inside its cavity.
Enhydros are
closely related to
fluid inclusions, but are composed...
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subjected to m****ive
volcanic activity during the
Tertiary Period. The fire
agates were
formed during this
period of
volcanism when hot water,
saturated with...
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Grape Agate is a
market name for
purple aggregates of tiny
quartz crystals with
botryoidal (spherical) habit.
Mineralogically speaking,
grape agate is not...
- the
layers from the
outside in,
explaining why some
agates have
cavities in the center.
These agates are
incomplete and have not been
fully filled with...
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Alice Vera
Agate (née Dand)
returned to her
native Newcastle upon Tyne
where she
lived in
relative isolation until her
death in 1994. The
Agates had no children...
- An
agate (US) or ruby (UK) is a unit of
typographical measure. It is 5.5
typographical points, or
about 1⁄13 inch (1.94 mm). It can
refer either to the...
- center,
working mostly on
agates. Most of
these agates were from
Latin America, in
particular Brazil.
Originally the
agate carving industry around Idar...
