agate
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Gold and silver inlay work and green agate stones complete the garment.
From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026
Joel Otterson’s intimate sculptures set moss agate in silver and brass at Ehrlich Steinberg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
The touch-screen is installed next to the agate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
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
“I suppose we don’t necessarily need to find a snakeskin agate precisely,” said Kaori.
From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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
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 was standing room only when Zentner discussed Ellensburg blue agates — rare gems forged by chemical reactions in some of those basalts and scattered across the valley by ancient rivers.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2017
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
Cal was able to develop his marble game and set about gathering in all the chalkies and immies, glassies and agates, in the schoolyard.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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