Agate () is a microcrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color.

Agate is one of the most common materials used in the art of hardstone carving, and has been recovered at a number of ancient sites, indicating its widespread use in the ancient world ; for example, archaeological recovery at the Knossos site on Crete illustrates its role in Bronze Age Minoan culture.

Agate is also still used today for decorative displays, cabochons, beads, carvings and Intarsia art as well as face-polished and tumble-polished specimens of varying size and origin.

Agate is a variety of chalcedony with multi-colored curved or angular banding.

James Agate, reviewing Forever and a Day, wrote: " Is there no-one at RKO to tell Charles Laughton when he is being plain bad?

It borders Lake Superior, which contributes the two natural harbors for which it is named, Burlington Bay and Agate Bay.

Furthermore, The Nature Conservancy's Agate Desert Preserve is on the west side of White City.

* Agate is distinctly banded chalcedony with successive layers differing in color or value.

* The State of Franklin is briefly mentioned in Lee Smith's novel, On Agate Hill ( 2006 ) ( paperback edition, page 226-227 ).

Another well-known work by Guimerà is the play La filla del mar ( The daughter of the sea, 1900 ), that recounts the story of Agata ( Agate ).

Once a Pokémon's gauge is empty, the player may " Purify " the Pokémon by bringing him or her to Celebi's shrine in Agate Village, or by using a rare " Poké Flute " item.

The case is now referred to as United States of America v. Agate et al.

Noted for its production of Menou or Agate, a green quartz stone, this stone is one of the three gifts given to each newly crowned Emperor.

* Agate Beach County Park — This picnic area and beach is at the end of MacKaye Harbor Road at the south end of the island.

Another example of the use of petrified wood in construction is the Agate House Pueblo in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is a U. S. National Monument near Harrison, Nebraska.

Agate Fossil Beds is maintained by the National Park Service.

Agate is the designation of an unguided French test rocket.

Dordi Agate Nordby, ( born 8 April 1964 in Bærum, Norway ), is a Norwegian right-handed curler from Snarøya.

It is famous for its rare Sajhar or Dendritic Agate stone.

The region's Agate cutters had to travel further afield for their supplies as the local deposits became worked out in the early 19th Century and it is said that they enjoyed the churrascaria they found in Brazil.

On Agate Hill ( 2006 ), is set in the piedmont South during Reconstruction.

These were published in his first book, L. of C. ( Lines of Communication ), of which a reviewer wrote, " Captain James E. Agate ranks as one of the first hundred thousand soldiers who have written a book about the war, but … one is sure there will be no other book like this one.

Agate sought to position himself in that tradition, and his criticism consequently is verbose and self-indulgent but hugely entertaining and revealing.

Agate, primarily in the form of chalcedony, and crystalline quartz ( sometimes in the form of amethyst ), are prominent in the ancient lava flows of the Watchungs and are typically seen as embedded nodules along exposed fronts.

Notable features here are the clay castles of the Hoarisib, the Agate Mountain salt pans and the large seal colony at Cape Fria.

For example, metal type sets that were called Agate are known to have ranged from 5 points up to 5. 8 points.

Taking the majority view of scholars in regard to the identity of the gems, and including the implication from the Book of Revelation that the Onyx at the end of the fourth row was a Sardonyx, there are four colours-red, green, yellow, and blue-each represented by a clear gem ( red-Carbuncle, green-Heliodor, yellow-Chrysolite, blue-Amethyst ), an opaque gem ( red-Carnelian / red Jasper, green-green Jasper, yellow-yellow Jasper / yellow Serpentine, blue-Lapis Lazuli ), and a striped gem ( red-Sardonyx, green-Malachite, yellow-pale golden Agate, blue-sky-blue Agate ).

For example most of the blue runs are named after metals / jewels ( e. g. Serpentine, Turquoise, Dolomie, Cristal, Tourmaline, Emeraude ), nearly all the reds are diabollically named ( e. g. Faust, Mephisto, Belzebuth, Lucifer ) and most black runs after stars ( e. g. Diamant Noir, Agate, Styx ).

In his early days at the Old Vic, Richardson was the target of the sometimes waspish reviews of leading critic, James Agate, who thought that Richardson could not play villains ; Agate said of Richardson's Iago, " he could not hurt a fly, which was very good Richardson, but indifferent Shakespeare ".

Agate has also been known to fill veins or cracks in volcanic or altered rock underlain by granitic intrusive masses.

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* 1812 – Alfred Thomas Agate, American artist ( d. 1846 )

Olivier's 1937 performance at the Old Vic Theatre was popular with audiences but not with critics, with James Agate writing in a famous review in The Sunday Times, " Mr. Olivier does not speak poetry badly.

Tuvaluan man in traditional costume drawn by Alfred Agate in 1841 during the United States Exploring Expedition.

During the visit of the expedition to Tuvalu Alfred Thomas Agate, engraver and illustrator, recorded the dress and tattoo patterns of men of Nukufetau.

Osbert Sitwell, in a letter to James Agate, notes that Bennett was not, despite current views, " the typical businessman, with his mean and narrow outlook.

In the early years Two Harbors consisted of two separate communities called Agate Bay and Burlington.

The village of Agate Bay was platted in 1885 but was not incorporated until 1888 ; Two Harbors post office served the Agate Bay.

By 1883 the Minnesota Iron Company had purchased all but four acres of Thomas Sextons land around Agate Bay.

By 1885 the Minnesota Iron Company convinced Thomas Sexton to sell his remaining four acres along Agate Bay.

In Agate Bay ( Two Harbors ) most of the land was bought from Thomas Sexton, who by that time had owned the land for twenty years.

Although different locations were considered for the railroad terminus and shipping port, Agate Bay was chosen because it was closer to the iron ore site and provided a clay bottom bay, while most others were rocky.

On that day, the first iron ore cars left Agate Bay early in the morning, along with a caboose for President Tower to ride in on the return trip.

At Agate Cove on the south end of the park, waves crashing against the basalt rocks provide spectacular spouts from blow holes.

Ferry service was discontinued in Fall of 1951 after the Agate Pass Bridge opened and the Washington State Ferries took over ferry service on Puget Sound.