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Ultimately from Hittite [Term?]. Compare English chalcedony, Old Armenian կարկեհան (karkehan), Latin chalcēdōnius, Ancient Greek χαλκηδών (khalkēdṓn), Arabic كركند and French calcédoine. Doublet of халцедон (xalcedon).

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колчеда́н (kolčedánm inan (genitive колчеда́на, nominative plural колчеда́ны, genitive plural колчеда́нов)

  1. (somewhat dated) sulfide or arsenide of a metal (especially about different pyrites)

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