Onyx is the parallel-banded variety of chalcedony, a silicate mineral. Agate and onyx are both varieties of layered chalcedony that differ only in the...

design center of chief designer Gilles Vidal, the bodywork (with its onyx mineral appearance) is hand-crafted by a master craftsman, made of carbon fiber...

Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It is a very common mineral, particularly as a component of...

color in onyx and other varieties. Efforts to synthesize quartz began in the mid-nineteenth century as scientists attempted to create minerals under laboratory...

This is a list of minerals which have Wikipedia articles. Minerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical...

Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Onyx, after the mineral Onyx. Another was renamed before being launched: HMS Onyx (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class...

up onyx marble in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Onyx marble may refer to: Onyx Marble, a geologic formation in Arizona Various rocks and minerals known...

decorative artefacts and objets d’art. Calcite alabaster also is known as: onyx-marble, Egyptian alabaster, and Oriental alabaster, which terms usually describe...

of very fine intergrowths of quartz and moganite. These are both silica minerals, but they differ in that quartz has a trigonal crystal structure, while...

Flowstones are sheetlike deposits of calcite or other carbonate minerals, formed where water flows down the walls or along the floors of a cave. They are...

compare the surer etymology of onyx, which comes from Greek ὄνυξ (onyx, "claw, fingernail"), presumably because onyx with flesh-colored and white bands...

Septuagint's Onychion is the Greek term for onyx, onyx was not mined prior to the era of classical Greece. "Onyx" is derived from the Greek for fingernail...

to the Paleobiology Database". Retrieved 17 December 2021. Onyx stone comprises different minerals, including quartz, feldspar, and agate. v t e v t e...

cryptocrystalline silica family include agate, carnelian, and onyx. Unlike many non-transparent silica minerals, it is the color of chrysoprase, rather than any pattern...

amethyst, sard, onyx, carnelion, heliotrope, jasper and quartz in its uncoloured form, known as rock crystal. On the Mohs scale of mineral hardness, quartz...

Crystal is a transparent mineral resembling glass, most probably a variety of quartz. Job places it in the same category with gold, onyx, sapphire, glass, coral...

atheists Textiles, cosmetics, furniture, products from locally obtained Golden Onyx, machinery and construction components, cereals, meat, eggs, dairy products...

strong tan to dark brown color, similar to the common colors of the mineral onyx. The "shelf" or "deck" is white. The shell of this species can be distinguished...

contains the Onyx River, the longest river in Antarctica, Lake Brownworth, the origin of the Onyx River, and Lake Vanda, which is fed by the Onyx River. Its...

the lava, which inhibits the first step (nucleation) in the formation of mineral crystals. Together with rapid cooling, this results in a natural glass...

appearing on nails. It is derived from the Greek words leuko 'white' and onyx 'nail'. The most common cause is injury to the base of the nail (the matrix)...

gemstones, organized by species and types. There are over 300 types of minerals that have been used as gemstones. Such as: Actinolite Nephrite (var.) Adamite...

Pakistani peridots. The most common mineral inclusion in peridot is the chromium-rich mineral chromite. Magnesium-rich minerals also can exist in the form of...

Cathedrals. The impressive polished brown stone was known for many years as 'Onyx Marble'. Its origin and nature was a mystery to people studying the stonework...

(2010); black, formed when superheating green kryptonite in "Crusade" (2004), "Onyx" (2005) and "Doomsday" (2009); silver in "Splinter" made by Milton Fine (2005);...

as "Tolenas onyx." This deposit was quarried again in the 1960s, primarily for use as a building material. History of Solano County "Mineral springs and...

the minerals in each rock. The chemical elements were discovered in identified minerals and with the help of the identified elements the mineral crystal...

a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica, which are considered minerals. It is deposited at a relatively low temperature and may occur in the fissures...

there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. Research by archaeologists Juris Zarins of Missouri State University...

agate, onyx, rock crystal, sard or carnelian, and a general term for an object made in this way. Alabaster or mineral gypsum is a soft mineral that is...