agate

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

Every time TRT took the agate, she had a Bears media guide in her lap.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

A writer's block crystals gift set available through Etsy offers agate, carnelian, tiger eye, citrine, amethyst and clear quartz crystals to help those struggling to formulate sentences.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2022

“Not you. I’m fear’d you have some ill plans agate, that bring you about folk’s houses at this time o’ night.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

Experts from the University of Leeds and a specialist spectroscopy company were also involved, and they found she had carnelians and agates which she collected in Scarborough, where she worked as a governess.

From BBC ● May 21, 2022

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

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

It is hard not to be charmed by Lowell’s hyperventilating report on his agates and turtles and toy soldiers, but the word “mania” suggests that he suspected the darker fortunes to come.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017

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