onyx

Pronunciation:		'âniks
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WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a chalcedony with alternating black and white bands; used in making cameos

	See Also:	calcedony, chalcedony, sardonyx

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\O"nyx\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a claw, finger nail, a veined gem. See {Nail}, and cf. {Onycha}.] (Min.) Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground. {Onyx marble}, a banded variety of marble or calcium carbonate resembling onyx. It is obtained from Mexico.

Dream Dictionary

	Definition:	Seeing onyx in your dream, represents spiritual and mental balance. It also symbolizes peace of mind.

Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	a hail; claw; hoof, (Heb. shoham), a precious stone adorning the breast-plate of the high priest and the shoulders of the ephod (Ex. 28:9-12, 20; 35:27; Job 28:16; Ezek. 28:13). It was found in the land of Havilah (Gen. 2:12). The LXX. translates the Hebrew word by smaragdos, an emerald. Some think that the sardonyx is meant. But the onyx differs from the sardonyx in this, that while the latter has two layers (black and white) the former has three (black, white, and red).