Definition of Chalcedonic

1. a. Of or pertaining to chalcedony.

Definition of Chalcedonic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to chalcedony. ¹

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Definition of Chalcedonic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chalcedonic

chalaning
chalans
chalasia
chalastic
chalaza
chalazae
chalazal
chalazas
chalaze
chalazes
chalazia
chalaziferous
chalazion
chalazions
chalcanthite
chalcedonic (current term)
chalcedonies
chalcedony
chalcid
chalcid fly
chalcid wasp
chalcidfly
chalcidology
chalcids
chalcis fly
chalco-
chalcoalumite
chalcocite
chalcocites
chalcocyanite

Literary usage of Chalcedonic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"Cornelian is a red variety of chalcedony, and its characteristic tint may be easily developed artificially in the chalcedonic bands of certain agates which ..."

2. The Principles of Economic Geology by William Harvey Emmons (1918)
"chalcedonic and Calcitic Cinnabar Veins.—Nearly all quicksilver deposits, the world over, are found in areas of comparatively late igneous activity, ..."

3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"chalcedonic nodules and géodes in amygdaloidal lavas. Algerian A. is a calcareous stalagmite. 2. A small printing type. Agave. ..."

4. A Treatise on Earthy and Other Minerals and Mining by David Christopher Davies (1892)
"... Experiments on the Decomposition and Crystallisation of Varieties of Quartz, Vitreous, chalcedonic, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1902)
"tion that the solutions have carried in chalcedonic materials alone. ... The chalcedonic matter has often been deposited as a mixture, sometimes with ..."

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