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• Among these are the best specimen of the dome-skulled chalicothere Tylocephalonyx skinneri, and type specimens of several other mammals, including rodents, oreodonts and carnivores.
• Onyx also has initiated a Phase III trial, known as ASPIRE, to study carfilzomib in combination with Revlimid and a low dose of dexamethasone, which is used to counteract some chemotherapy side effects, in patients with relapsed multiple myeloma. San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal
• Early cameos are carved from hardstones such as onyx, sardonyx, or agate, while later a number of less expensive substances were used that were also easier to carve.
• The onyx is a variety of quartz analogous to the agate and other crypto-crystalline species. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
• The Shaykh opened the door and they two entered a vestibule vaulted with onyx stones and arabesqued with gold, and they stayed not walking till they came to a great hall and a wide, paved and walled with marble. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
• Fanciful miniature fruits and leaves interpreted in carnelian, agate, onyx and rock crystal are skillfully fashioned into opulent bracelets and chains.
• Somewhat pricier are Lummertz's newly arrived large-scale oval disk and heart-shaped earrings, featuring tiger's-eye, white or pink opals, crisocola or black onyx set in 18-karat gold. Staff Blogs
• Silica precipitated from aqueous solution at low temperatures gives cryptocrystalline varieties such as opal, jasper, chalcedony, agate, carnelian, onyx, flint, and chert.
• From the materials of the house itself he draws unexpected resonances, candescent onyx balancing pellucid glass, and that glass itself shifting between aspects. The Glass Room by Simon Mawer
• Pennsylvania, and Vermont, and also a small amount of so-called onyx marble or travertine obtained from caves and other deposits in Kentucky and other states. The Economic Aspect of Geology