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 metamorphicLook up agate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Agate is a semi-precious stone. Agate may also refer to: Agate, Colorado Agate, Nebraska Agate, NorthMoss 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 theGrape Agate is a market name for purple aggregates of tiny quartz crystals with botryoidal (spherical) habit. Mineralogically speaking, grape agate is notAgate is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Elbert County, Colorado, United States. The ZIP Code of the Agate Post Office is 80101. Thecenter, working mostly on agates. Most of these agates were from Latin America, in particular Brazil. Originally the agate carving industry around IdarAgate is in Sioux County, Nebraska, United States. Agate is located on Nebraska Highway 29, 19 miles (31 km) south-southeast of Harrison. It is home toAgate Caune (Latvian pronunciation: [ɑːgɑːtɛ saʊnɛ] ah-GAH-teh sown-eh; born 7 August 2004) is a Latvian track and field athlete. A multiple national championEnhydro agates are nodules, agates, or geodes with water trapped inside its cavity. Enhydros are closely related to fluid inclusions, but are composedAgate Beach is located in Stanton Township, Michigan near Toivola and is named after the agate rocks that are found on the shore. "Lake Superior AgateThe Fairburn Agate is a type of gemstone found in the agate beds of Southwestern South Dakota and Northwestern Nebraska. It is also the state gemstoneThe Agate Desert is a prairie located near White City, Oregon, 53 acres (21 ha) of which is protected as the Agate Desert Preserve. The area is not inMoss Agate Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Moss Agate Creek derives its name from deposits of moss agate. List of rivers of SouthAn 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 theAgate is a given name or surname shared by several notable people, including: Alfred Thomas Agate (1812–1846), American painter and miniaturist FrederickFire agate, a variety of chalcedony, is a semi-precious natural gemstone discovered so far only in certain areas of central and northern Mexico and theAgate Pass or Agate Passage is a high-current tidal strait in Puget Sound connecting Port Madison and mainland Kitsap County in the US state of WashingtonAgate is an Indonesian video game development company based in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. It was founded on April 1, 2009. It has worked with publisherschalcedony, an oxide mineral. Agate and onyx are both varieties of layered chalcedony that differ only in the form of the bands; agate has curved bands whileMariano Agate (19 May 1939 in Mazara del Vallo – 3 April 2013 in Mazara del Vallo) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia. He was the boss of Mazara del ValloVE 110 Agate is the designation of an unguided French test rocket developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It was part of the Pierres précieuses (frThe Pylos Combat Agate is a Minoan sealstone of the Mycenaean era, likely manufactured in Late Minoan Crete. It depicts two warriors engaged in hand-to-handThe Lake Superior agate is a type of agate stained by iron and found on the shores of Lake Superior. Its wide distribution and iron-rich bands of colorCondor agate was discovered and named by Luis de los Santos in 1993. It is found in the mountains near San Rafael, in Mendoza Province, Argentina. Thiscentres of chalcedony which may have been fractured followed by deposition of agate, jasper or opal, either uniquely or in combination. Also frequently encounteredAgate Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska. The main features of the monument are a valley of the NiobraraFordite, also known as Detroit agate or Motor City agate, is a lapidarist term for polished pieces of finely-layered paint masses from automobile factoriesnaval trawlers of the Royal Navy were named Agate: HMT Agate (1913), sunk in 1918 by SM UC-71 HMT Agate (1933), ran aground and sank in 1941 This articleJames Evershed Agate (9 September 1877 – 6 June 1947) was an English diarist and theatre critic between the two world wars. He took up journalism in histhree feet. Agate House Puieblo The Agate House The Agate House Agate House window Roof entrance Where the meals were cooked Wall inside the Agate House ArizonaAqeeq, akik or aqiq (Arabic: العقيق) means quartz in Arabic, and agate in Turkish, however in the context of rings usually refers to a ring set with athe Ottawa National Forest. Agate is an unincorporated community on M-28, about eight miles east of Bruce Crossing. Agate Falls Scenic Site.[1] [2] onAlfred Thomas Agate (February 14, 1812 – January 5, 1846) was an American painter and miniaturist. Agate lived in New York from 1831 to 1838. He studiedThe Agate Bowl (German: Achatschale) is a hardstone carving in the shape of a bowl cut out of a single piece of agate, possibly in the fourth centuryThe M/T Burmah Agate was an oil tanker that was involved in a nautical collision and subsequent oil spill near Galveston, Texas in November 1979. 31 crewmenA Petoskey stone is a rock and a fossil, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a fossilized rugose coral, Hexagonaria percarinata. Such stones wereAgate Publishing is an independent small press book publisher based in Evanston, Illinois. The company, incorporated in 2002 with its first book publishedAgate was the codename of the first French nuclear underground test. It was conducted by the Joint Special Weapons Command on 7 November 1961, at themythology, the eagle placed an agate in its nest to guard its young against the bite of venomous animals, and the red agate was credited with the power ofAgate Lake is a reservoir located 1,510 feet (460 m) above sea level in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It is 13 miles (21 km) northeast of MedfordMoss Agate glass is a rare type of art glass developed in 1888 at the noted glasshouse Stevens & Williams by glassmaker John Northwood, with the assistanceAgate de Sousa (born 5 June 2000) is a Santomean long jumper living in Portugal since 2019. Competing as a foreign national, she has won the 2023 Portuguesesmall spherical object often made from glass, clay, steel, plastic, or agate. They vary in size, and most commonly are about 13 mm (1⁄2 in) in diameterCacholong, also known as Kalmuck agate, is a form of common opal, although it is often mistaken for agate or chalcedony. A milky white colour with a Mohscombination of contrasting colored clays. The name agateware is derived from the agate stone, which when sliced shows multicolored layers. This pottery techniqueJeffery Stanford Agate OBE (1919 –1977) was the Managing Director of the DuPont factory at Maydown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. He was shotThe Agate Casket of Oviedo (Spanish: Caja de las Ágatas, sometimes in English Agate Box, "Box of Agates") is an elaborately decorated box, casket or smallStyles Agate (29 January 1803 – 1 May 1844) was a noted painter best known for his paintings Ugolino and Old Oaken Bucket. He was born to Thomas Agate andThe Agate Pass Bridge is a structural steel truss cantilever bridge spanning Agate Pass, connecting Bainbridge Island to the Kitsap Peninsula. It was builtmost highly prized dzi beads are those of ancient age, made of natural agate. The original source of these beads is a mystery. While the traditional
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