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hawk\'s-eye

[hawks-ahy]

hawk's-eye

[hawks-ahy]
noun
a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes. Compare tiger's-eye (def. 1).

Origin:
1675–85
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hawk's-eye
 
n
a dark blue variety of the mineral crocidolite: a semiprecious gemstone

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