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/sˈɑːdənˌɪks/
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NOUN
- an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral
How To Use sardonyx In A Sentence
- The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report
- _Agates_" are banded chalcedonies, the variety called "_onyx_" having very regular bands, and the "_sardonyx_" being an onyx agate in which some of the bands are of reddish sard. A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public
- I learned from sardonyx that links to Steve's Daily Kos posts can be found on Steve's dKosopedia pages. Archive 2009-02-01
- The floors were tessellated in sardonyx and chrysoberyl, amethyst and topaz.
- The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences
- It was so familiar she could see it with her fingers: the broad crescent of silver from which hung three stones: sardonyx, black opal, and bloodstone, each inscribed with spidery writing in the language of the Wildworld. The Night Of the Solstice
- The floors were tessellated in sardonyx and chrysoberyl, amethyst and topaz.
- Heb., but the twelfth in the Greek; it is called sardonyx and comes in the fifth place in Apoc., xxi, 20. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
- A sardonyx cameo, for example, probably a privately owned trinket in antiquity now in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, represents Livia wearing the costume of the cultic mother-goddess Cybele over her stola and contemplating a miniature bust of her deified husband, which she holds in her right hand. Caesars’ Wives
- Stones and metals fall under the rulership of planets, not signs, but through its association with Mercury, Virgo is often linked with agate, sardonyx and stones of diverse colours.