agate
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Gold and silver inlay work and green agate stones complete the garment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
The doorknob-size piece, inlaid with carnelian, agate and lapis lazuli flowers reminiscent of the Taj, exemplifies how even the smallest functional item would be meticulously crafted and decorated in a consistent style in Mughal workshops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
They came up with a wallcovering collection full of leopard prints, swirling sea agate patterns, and golden Victorian keys and dressmaking scissors.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Among his tasks in Metro was putting together the weather page, assembling all that agate type that listed highs and lows across the country.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
Kaori opened her empty hand as if the agate would magically appear there.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Some 75% of sales of pieces including amethyst, sea glass and agates from her business, CindyLouWho2, based in Calgary, Alberta, come from Americans.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Just south of Ocean Shores at the tip of the C-shaped bay, you’ll find Damon Point, a half-mile peninsula famous locally for post-storm agates and red and green jasper.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
I won more agates and marbles than anyone in school, and gradually amassed hundreds of soldiers; finally leaving them to clutter up unreachable shelves.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017
As I dug up the rocks to cover her, I found shells and agates and chunks of perfectly weathered beach glass.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 11, 2016
All I saw at first was a silver frame studded with emeralds and agates and pearls.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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