单词 | mexican onyx |
释义 | > as lemmasMexican onyx Mexican onyx n. = onyx marble n. at onyx n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1892 E. S. Dana J. D. Dana's Syst. Mineral. (ed. 6) 268 Mexican onyx is a similar material obtained from Tecali, Puebla, Mexico; also in a brecciated form from the extinct crater of Zempoaltepec in southern Mexico. a1902 F. Norris Pit (1903) iv. 115 He was a small, excitable man who wore..enormous cuffs set off with huge buttons of Mexican onyx. 1959 C. S. Hurlbut Dana's Man. Mineral. (ed. 17) 337 Onyx marble, known as Mexican onyx, is banded calcite and/or aragonite and is used as a decorative material. < as lemmas |
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