sardonyx

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An onyx with alternating brown and white bands of sard and other minerals.

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A chalcedony or agate consisting of two or more layers of brown or red combined with white or other color. Since about 1870 the name has been given to a chalcedony stained with various shades of red to deep brown.

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In heraldry, a tincture, the color murrey or sanguine, when blazoning is done by precious stones.

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A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers.

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A gemstone having bands of red sard; a variety of onyx or chalcedony.

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an onyx characterized by parallel layers of sard and a different colored mineral