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SARDONYX , an ornamental- See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone much used for See also:seals and cameos. It usually consists of a layer of See also:sard or See also:carnelian with one of See also:milk-See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white See also:chalcedony, but it may See also:present several alternating layers of these minerals. The sardonyx is therefore simply an See also:onyx in which some of the bands are of sard or carnelian: if, however, the latter is present the stone is more appropriately called a " carnelian onyx." It was considered by See also:ancient authorities that a See also:fine See also:Oriental sardonyx should have at least three strata—a See also:black See also:base, a white intermediate See also:zone and a superficial layer of See also:- BROWN
- BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
- BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
- BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
- BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
- BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
- BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
- BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
- BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
- BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
- BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
- BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
- BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
- BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
- BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
- BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
- BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
- BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
- BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
- BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
- BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
- BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
- BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)
brown or red; these See also:colours typifying the three See also:cardinal virtues—humility (black), chastity (white) and modesty or martyrdom (red). The ancients obtained sardonyx from See also:India, and the See also:Indian locality, See also:Mount Sardonyx, referred to by See also:Ptolemy, is supposed to have been near See also:Broach, where agates and carnelians are still worked. In the Revised Version of the Old Testament, Ex. See also:xxviii. 18, " sardonyx " is given in the margin as an alternative See also:reading for " See also:diamond," the word by which the See also:Hebrew yahalom is usually translated. The stone known to the See also:Romans as aegyptilla may have been a See also:kind of sardonyx, or perhaps a nicolo, which is an onyx with a thin translucent milky layer on the See also:surface. Imitations of sardonyx have been made by cementing together two or three stones of the required colours, while baser counterfeits have been produced in See also:paste. By coating a sard or carnelian with See also:sodium carbonate and then placing the stone on a red-hot See also:iron a white layer may be produced, so that a kind of sardonyx is obtained (see CARNELIAN). Most of the See also:modern sardonyx is cut from See also:South See also:American See also:agate, modified in See also:colour by artificial treatment.
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