Fracture vs Chalcedony - What's the difference?
fracture | chalcedony |
the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage
(geology) a fault or crack in a rock
to break, or cause something to break
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
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As nouns the difference between fracture and chalcedony
is that fracture is the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage while chalcedony is a form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.As a verb fracture
is to break, or cause something to break.fracture
English
(wikipedia fracture)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* compound fracture * fracture mechanics * greenstick fracture * hairline fracture * incomplete fracture * Jones fracture * simple fracture * Smith's fracture * stress fracture * tracheal fracture * vowel fractureVerb
External links
* * English ergative verbs ----chalcedony
English
Noun
(chalcedonies)citation, passage=Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony , garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)}}
