[sahr-don-iks, sahr-dn-] 
| a chalcedony that is used for cameos and has sard and chalcedony of another color, usually white, arranged in straight parallel bands. |
| sar·don·yx (sär-dŏn'ĭks, sär'dn-ĭks') n. An onyx with alternating brown and white bands of sard and other minerals. [Middle English sardonix, probably from Latin sardonyx, from Greek sardonux : sardion, sard; see sard + onux, onyx, nail; see nogh- in Indo-European roots.] |
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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