What's the difference between chalcedony and sardonyx?

Chalcedony


Definition:

  • (n.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax.

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  • (1) The free silicic oxide is presented by low-temperature crystobalite and quartz, more rarely opal and chalcedony.

Sardonyx


Definition:

  • (n.) A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.

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