Sard vs Chalcedony - What's the difference?
sard | chalcedony |
(mineral) A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color.
Any of various brownish red earth pigments formerly used in cosmetics and painting; has more yellow, hardly any blue (see puce), is lighter than russet and darker than traditional carnelian.
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 sard and chalcedony
is that sard is (mineral) a variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red color while chalcedony is a form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.As a verb sard
is (obsolete) to seduce (a woman).sard
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(en noun)See also
* sardiusAnagrams
* ----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.)}}