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Gems > Hardstones > Chalcedony

Preferred term

Chalcedony  

Definition

  • A cryptocrystalline variety of quartz, usually pale blue or gray [AAT 94]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Calcedony
  • Quartz, chalcedony

Notation

  • 114393

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-J13NM4R3-P

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