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
Adjacent to the entombed Griffin Warrior’s wrist was a carved and gold-tipped agate, almond-shaped and just 1.3 inches in length, here making its public debut outside Europe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
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
The snakeskin agate helped you find lost things.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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
Glossy agates and tiny-dice surprises interrupt the labyrinth’s blue, gray, white and orange river stone path.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
Another tour de force is “Rock Shop,” which centers on a display of sliced agates and geodes in colors that verge on the artificial — each stone is a little painting edged in glitter.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
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
He took his time about choosing three brown agates to take with him.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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