Meanings
nouneye agate (countable and uncountable, plural eye agates)
plural eye agates
- countableuncountableA kind of circle agate, with the central part of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
If the stripes run together around the centre, it is called the circle agate, and if in the same stone the centre shows more colored spots, it is called the eye agate, or eyestone
1867, Lewis Feuchtwanger, A Popular Treatise on GemsSynonyms: eyestone
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of circle agate, with the central part of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
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