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Cacholong

Cach"o*long\, n. [F. cacholong, said to be from Cach, the name of a river in Bucharia + cholon, a Calmuck word for stone; or fr. a Calmuck word meaning "beautiful stone"] (Min.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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