onyx marble

noun

A banded variety of calcite of karst resembling onyx.

Similar
limestone onyxcave onyxalabasteroriental alabasterMexican onyx

Meanings

nounonyx marble (countable and uncountable, plural onyx marbles)

plural onyx marbles

  1. countableuncountableA banded variety of calcite of karst resembling onyx.

    Synonyms: limestone onyx, cave onyx

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA banded variety of calcite of karst resembling onyx.

Similar
limestone onyxcave onyx

More synonyms by meaning

nouna hard compact kind of calcite

Similar
alabasteroriental alabasterMexican onyx
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Chicago

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