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Definition of akik tasi in Turkish English dictionary
- agate
- A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds
- A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing
- {n} a class of gems, of many varieties
- A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby
- A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen
- {i} hard semiprecious stone often having variegated colorful stripes; standard font size equal to 5 1/2 points
- On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate
- Agate is a very hard stone which is used to make jewellery. Common, semiprecious silica mineral, a variety of chalcedony that occurs in bands of varying colour and transparency. Varieties are characterized by peculiarities in the shape and colour of the bands, which are seen in sections cut at right angles to the layers. Agate is found throughout the world, commonly in cavities in eruptive rocks and in geodes. Brazil and Uruguay are major producers of agates; they are also found in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and other western U.S. states. Agate is essentially quartz. Much commercial agate is artificially dyed to make the naturally dull-gray stones more colourful
- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing
- A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc
- Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds
- A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds
- A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals
- A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;-so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing