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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 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 Achatschale ( Agate bowl ) is a bowl whose inscriptions are said to refer to Jesus Christ.
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.

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Agate has also been known to fill veins or cracks in volcanic or altered rock underlain by granitic intrusive masses.
Other forms of agate include Lake Superior agate, carnelian agate ( exhibiting reddish hues ), Botswana agate, blue lace agate, plume agates, moss agate, tube agate ( with visible flow channels or pinhole-sized ' tubes '), fortification agate ( which exhibit little or no banding structure ), fire agate ( which has internal flash or ' fire ', the result of a layer of clear agate over a layer of hydrothermally-deposited hematite ), Mexican crazy-lace agate, which often exhibits a brightly colored, complexly banded pattern ( also called Rodeo Agate and Rosetta Stone depending on who owned the mine at the time ).
During the early 20th century, iron ore slag was also ground to a powder and used to make ' Agate Glass ', also known as ' Slag Glass '.
In order to gratify her passion for antique and Neoclassical art, Catherine employed the Scottish architect Charles Cameron who not only refurbished the interior of one wing in the Neo-Palladian style then in vogue, but also constructed the personal apartments of the Empress, a rather modest Greek Revival structure known as the Agate Rooms and situated to the left from the grand palace.
Dean also rescued the expedition's artist, Alfred Agate, along with his paintings and drawings.
The grassland also contains the Agate, Bordgate, and Rock Bass reservoirs.
In addition to his work as a theatre critic, Agate was film critic to The Tatler and literary critic to The Daily Express and also had leisure interests that occupied much time and money.
Tower also acquired the rights to the Duluth Iron & Railway Co., which entitled him to 10 square miles ( 26 km < sup > 2 </ sup >) of land for every mile ( 1. 6 km ) of rail built between Duluth and Agate Bay ( Two Harbors ), 25 miles ( 40 km ) northeast along the shore.

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In the same year, while still serving in France, Agate married Sidonie Joséphine Edmée Mourret-Castillon, daughter of a rich landowner.

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* Elizabeth Agate: Fencing, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, ISBN 0-946752-29-X
The last of the great actor-managers, Donald Wolfit, played Lear on a Stonehenge-like set in 1944 and was praised by James Agate as " the greatest piece of Shakespearean acting since I have been privileged to write for the Sunday Times ".
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.
* Alan Brooks and Elizabeth Agate: Hedging, British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, ISBN 0-946752-17-6
In those early days ( 1919 ), water for the Island came from the famous " Wooden Water Tower " built on Agate St. ( removed in 1929 ).
* Concerto Grosso No. 2 for string orchestra ( 1952 Agate Beach )
* Concerto Symphonique for piano and orchestra ( 1948 Agate Beach )
* Scherzo Fantasque for piano and orchestra ( 1948 Agate Beach )
* Concertino for flute, viola and string orchestra ( 1948, 1950 Agate Beach )
* Suite Hébraïque, for viola ( or violin ) and orchestra ( 1951 Agate Beach )
* Symphony for trombone and orchestra ( 1954 Agate Beach )
* Proclamation for trumpet and orchestra ( 1955 Agate Beach )
* Suite Modale for flute and string orchestra ( 1956 Agate Beach )
* Two Last Poems for flute solo and orchestra ( 1958 Agate Beach )
** Suite Hébraïque for violin and piano ( 1951 Agate Beach )
** Suite No. 1 for violin solo ( 1958 Agate Beach )
** Suite No. 2 for violin solo ( 1958 Agate Beach )
** Suite Hébraïque for viola and piano ( 1951 Agate Beach )
** Meditation and Processional for viola and piano ( 1951 Agate Beach )

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