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<p> '''Agate.''' [[A]] beautifully-veined semi-transparent precious stone, a variety of quartz. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands or blended in clouds. It is mentioned four times in the text of the Authorized Version, namely, in &nbsp;Exodus 28:19; &nbsp;Exodus 39:12; &nbsp;Isaiah 54:12; &nbsp;Ezekiel 27:16. </p> <p> In the two former passages; where it is represented by the [[Hebrew]] word, ''''shebo'''' , it is spoken of as forming the second stone in the third row of the high priest's breastplate; in each of the two latter places, the original word is ''''cadced'''' , by which, no doubt, is intended a different stone. ''See '' '''Ruby''' ''.'' Our English agate derives its name from the Achates, on the banks of which it was first found. </p>