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mexican onyx
(encz) | Mexican onyx, |
Mexican onyx
(gcide) | Onyx \O"nyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a claw, finger nail, a veined
gem. See Nail, and cf. Onycha.]
1. (Min.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades
of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being
cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
[1913 Webster]
2. Same as Mexican onyx.
[PJC]
3. A deep jet-black color.
[PJC]
Onyx marble, Mexican onyx, a banded variety of marble or
calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from
Mexico in various colors ranging from white to deep black.
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mexican onyx
(wn) | Mexican onyx
n 1: a hard compact kind of calcite [syn: alabaster, {oriental
alabaster}, onyx marble, Mexican onyx] |
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Mexican onyx
(gcide) | Onyx \O"nyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a claw, finger nail, a veined
gem. See Nail, and cf. Onycha.]
1. (Min.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades
of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being
cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
[1913 Webster]
2. Same as Mexican onyx.
[PJC]
3. A deep jet-black color.
[PJC]
Onyx marble, Mexican onyx, a banded variety of marble or
calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from
Mexico in various colors ranging from white to deep black.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
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