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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chalcedony \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 casidoyne Cf {Cassidony}.] (Min.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also {calcedony}.] Note: When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it is called {agate}; and if by reason of the thickness, color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for being carved into cameos, it is called {onyx}. {Chrysoprase} is green chalcedony; {carnelian}, a flesh red, and {sard}, a brownish red variety. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chalcedony n : a milky or grayish translucent to transparent quartz [syn: {calcedony}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Chalcedony Mentioned only in Rev. 21:19, as one of the precious stones in the foundation of the New Jerusalem. The name of this stone is derived from Chalcedon, where it is said to have been first discovered. In modern mineralogy this is the name of an agate-like quartz of a bluish colour. Pliny so names the Indian ruby. The mineral intended in Revelation is probably the Hebrew _nophekh_, translated emerald" (Ex. 28:18; 39:11; Ezek. 27:16; 28:13). It is rendered anthrax" in the LXX., and carbunculus" in the Vulgate. (See {CARBUNCLE}.)
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