cacholong
Sign in to savethumb|Cacholong, in the Geological Museum of Kiev University Cacholong, also known as Kalmuck agate, is a form of common opal, although it is often mistaken for agate or chalcedony, and Parker Cleaveland claimed it was a variety of chalcedony. It has a milky white colour that can also be described as bluish white or cream. With a Mohs hardness of about 6, it is used for carving, cameos, etc. The word "cacholong" has also been used as a synonym for actinolite.
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thumb|Cacholong, in the Geological Museum of Kiev University Cacholong, also known as Kalmuck agate, is a form of common opal, although it is often mistaken for agate or chalcedony, and Parker Cleaveland claimed it was a variety of chalcedony. It has a milky white colour that can also be described as bluish white or cream. With a Mohs hardness of about 6, it is used for carving, cameos, etc. The word "cacholong" has also been used as a synonym for actinolite.
Found in Austria, Czech Republic, Mongolia and Uzbekistan, its name possibly comes from the Cach River in Bukhara. It is also known to occur in Iceland; in the town of Huttenberg, Austria; in Deerfield and Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.; in the Faroe Islands; in Elba, Italy; and in Spain; and in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cacholong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.