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

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

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