Mexican onyx
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Mexican onyx
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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A grey and bitter recluse, he has been living in secret rooms in Kensington Palace, finishing the bronze, aluminum and Mexican onyx Clarence Memorial which he started 32 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the weightiest pieces in the exhibition was Head of an Indian, done in 3,300 Ib. of Mexican onyx by Swedish Sculptor Carl Milles.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his own bathroom the gang chief likes to loll in a $10,000 tub carved. from a single piece of Mexican onyx.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Oh, George!" he presently called across his slab of Mexican onyx; "come here."
From Under the Skylights by Fuller, Henry Blake
It was of some yellow-brown substance of the dominating colour effect of Mexican onyx, which it resembled in many ways, excepting that the natural pattern of its convolutions was less marked.
From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker, Bram
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