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Agate

Scope note

A cryptocrystalline variety of quartz being a banded chalcedony.

This term has 133 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Object name
Object category

Getty AAT term number

300011135

Broader Terms used

chalcedony

Narrower Terms used

moss agate

Term used for

agates

Created

12yrs ago

Connected records

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