ЧТО ОЗНАЧАЕТ СЛОВО AGATE
Агат
Агат / æɡət / представляет собой микрокристаллическое разнообразие кремнезема, главным образом халцедона, характеризующегося тонкостью зерна и яркостью цвета. Хотя агаты можно встретить в различных породах, они классически связаны с вулканическими породами и могут распространяться в некоторых метаморфических породах.
Значение слова agate в словаре английский языка
Первое определение агата в словаре - это нечистая микрокристаллическая форма кварца, состоящая из пестрого, обычно полосатого халцедона, используемого в качестве драгоценного камня, а также для изготовления пестиков и минометов, огнетушителей и полировщиков. Формула: SiO2. Другое определение агата - играющий мрамор этого кварца или напоминающий его. Агат также также называется: рубин размером типографского типа, приблизительно равным 51/2 точке.
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Agate: What Good Is a Moose?
Agate the moose mourns his own drab exterior as he compares his animal friends to different gems.
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Finding
Agate: An Epic Story of a Poodle's Heart and His ...
An Epic Story of a Poodle's Heart and His Will to Survive.
Discovered in the ruins of a North Carolina plantation, an old box of mementos brings to life the world of young Molly Petree, an orphan growing up in the smoldering remains of the post-Civil War American South.
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Agate Fossil Beds:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska
Recounts the history of Agate Fossil Beds. Tells why this land became part of the National Park System, what fossils are found there, and where this monument is located.
Interior Department, National Park Service, Division of Publications,
1989
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The Nine-Eyed
Agate: Poems and Stories
His poetry is experimental, presenting a panorama of styles with examples in modern free-verse, classical Indo-Tibetan metrical poetics (though this is rare), and more characteristically, in the dense "obscure" poetry of the post-Cultural ...
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A Woman in Amber: Healing the Trauma of War and Exile
The author recounts her childhood in war-ravaged Europe and her arrival, penniless, in America
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Agates: treasures of the earth
While many specimens are readily available, the rare and higher-quality ones are valuable and sought after. This book is a comprehensive, easy-to-use identification guide and worldwide listing of where agates are found.
Roger K. Pabian, John Cromarie, Peter Tandy,
2006
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Gemstones: Properties, Identification and Use
Agate The name agate is derived from that of an early source, the Achates River (
now the Drillo) in Sicily. Agate is a multi-hued form of chalcedony in which the
colours are distributed in an incredible diversity of patterns; some of the ...
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The Curse of the Wendigo: An
Agate and Buck Adventure
In 1898, Buck and Agate go into the Canadian wilderness searching for their missing parents and find themselves in the middle of a life-and-death battle with the shape-shifting Wendigo and the even more evil Coyote.
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Kentucky
Agate: State Rock and Mineral Treasure of the ...
silica gels are themselves formed by complex nucleation or selforganization
processes, but other geochemical factors such as the oxidation and valence state
of iron contribute to the coloration in agate formation. Water and other fluids, such
...
Roland L. McIntosh, Warren H. Anderson,
2013
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Firefighters battle wildland fires across Whatcom County
Near Agate Bay Lane and North Shore Drive, crews worked overnight Saturday on a fire that grew to about 4 acres. Crews from North Whatcom ... «The Bellingham Herald, Июл 15»
NASCAR Sprint Cup: Coke Zero 400 lineup
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Thunder summer-league roster
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BC-BBO--Baseball Expanded Glance
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Some Trillium executives will reap rewards from its sale
The profits Trillium/Agate shareholders are expected to reap in the sale, and the profits Centene is expected to garner after it takes over Trillium, ... «The Register-Guard, Июл 15»
Winona man spends half-century collecting agates
While nearing what he refers to as "agate retirement," Gary Egge still finds time and energy to travel to the agate hotspots of America such as ... «La Crosse Tribune, Июл 15»
Local agate: Golf, rodeo
Peggy Adams aced the 81-yard eighth hole at Executive Golf Course on Thursday with an 8-iron. The shot was witnessed by Ron and Judy ... «Rapid City Journal, Июл 15»
Jim Thorpe Agate Online
50: Mila Ritchie, 10.6; Piper Shearer; Remy Morales; Julia Toner; Lorelai Manderewicz; Taylar Lebo; Ela Seaux; Greta Glotfelty; Ella Dutrey; ... «The Sentinel, Июн 15»
Young athletes tee off at Agate Beach
NEWPORT — Golf is a sport dependent upon form and technique, and the fundamentals were instilled for the 22 participants that showed up to ... «Newport News Times, Июн 15»
BC-SOC--WWCup Glance
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