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