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sardonyx |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sardonyx \Sar"do*nyx\, n. [L., fr Gr ?. See {Sard}, and {Onyx}.] (Min.) A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sardonyx n : an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Sardonyx (Rev. 21:20), a species of the carnelian combining the sard and the onyx, having three layers of opaque spots or stripes on a transparent red basis. Like the sardine, it is a variety of the chalcedony.
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