agate
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Joel Otterson’s intimate sculptures set moss agate in silver and brass at Ehrlich Steinberg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
“Now I have it. It’s a piece of agate from the Cady Mountains.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 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
The only thing he loved more was his wife, Pat, whom he met when she worked at the News Tribune as an agate clerk.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2022
The guide shows them agate from Brazil and violet amethysts and a meteorite on a pedestal that he claims is as ancient as the solar system itself.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Each Rock Box includes a curated selection of high-quality crystals, rough rock, agates, geodes, gem collectibles and more.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
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
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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