onyx
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A sample of brown onyx from Iran
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A variety of chalcedony with variegated bands, straight rather than curved as in agate. Sardonyx has white and brown bands; carnelian onyx white and red. Onyx is used as a gemstone, especially for cameos and intaglios.
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