Moganite vs Chalcedony - What's the difference?
moganite | chalcedony |
(mineralogy) A crystalline form of silica that has a different crystal structure than that of quartz
A form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=Lee A. Groat
, title=Gemstones
, volume=100, issue=2, page=128
, magazine=(American Scientist)
Moganite is a see also of chalcedony.
As nouns the difference between moganite and chalcedony
is that moganite is (mineralogy) a crystalline form of silica that has a different crystal structure than that of quartz while chalcedony is a form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.moganite
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(wikipedia moganite) (-)chalcedony
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(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.)}}
