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chalcedony

chal.ced.o.ny \kal-'sed-*n-e-\ n [ME calcedonie, a precious stone, fr. LL 
   chalcedonius, fr. Gk Ch]alke-do-n Chalcedon : a translucent quartz commonly 
   pale blue or gray with nearly waxlike lust er