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Definition of Mexican onyx
1. Noun. A hard compact kind of calcite.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mexican Onyx
Literary usage of Mexican onyx
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1877)
"The locality is uncertain, though the specimen examined purported to be "from
Spain." Mexican onyx. This beautiful stone, so much admired in the Mexican ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1902)
"... one hundred times as much Mexican onyx has been thus shaped and wrought as
was ever used in ancient Mexico. The modern artists often present grotesque, ..."
3. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Tlie only gem stone systematically mini-*! in Mexico at the present time is opal
and the only important ornamental stone is the Mexican onyx ..."
4. Terry's Mexico: Handbook for Travellers by Thomas Philip Terry (1909)
"The Mexican onyx is actually an aragonite, and is softer than the real onyx. ...
The Mexican onyx is used extensively in the jewelers' trade; ..."
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