agate

Converse of object

use: He uses agate for the Fool, diamond for Strength, and carnelian for Justice.

Adjective modifier

• blue: Crystals: soft blue crystals, such as blue lace agate, blue beryl or azurite.
• polished: When cut and polished agates are among the most beautiful of semi-precious stones.
• Many: Many agates are naturally colored, others are stained for decorative effect.
• red: It was, as I was told, of red agate, in the form of a man with the right hand broken off.

Modifies a noun

• stone: Found it without much trouble, took a moss agate stone and left a replica Roman ring from the Roman Villa at Crofton.
• ware: Agate ware: In the 1680's John Dwight of Fulham had used different clays mixed together to imitate agate.
• type: Several agate types, including vein agate are found.
• form: It is quite possible to find two or more agate forms on the one example.

Noun used with modifier

• moss: Susan used an engraving from an 18th Century geological book, showing different varieties of moss agate, against a mottled background.
• lace: Crystals: soft blue crystals, such as blue lace agate, blue beryl or azurite.
• tree: Tree agate Used to gain insight into problems and see them for what they really are.
• term: The names for chalcedony and agate are somewhat interchangeable, although the term agate is usually used to describe the banded varieties of chalcedony.