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Example sentences for: onyx

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Antique shafts of porphyry, onyx, marble, and jasper, they seem to grow out of the paving stones like trees in an enchanted forest.
And John Dewey didn't festoon the Columbia philosophy department with the white onyx and black marble of USA Today 's Rosslyn, Va., headquarters.
Carvings of the gods, Chaac Mool in particular, along with revered creatures such as the jaguar or the feathered serpent, are produced in stone, onyx, silver, wood, and papier-mâché, in various sizes from lucky talisman for your purse to sculpture for your garden.
Acapulco and Puerto Vallarta also have flea markets, with stalls of souvenirs, T-shirts, huaraches, silver jewelry, wooden puppets, traditional Mexican rag dolls, onyx chess sets, ceramics, and other representative goods from around Mexico.
A right turn at the junction leads along the valley floor past the modern artisan villages of Sheik Abd el-Gurnah, where you will be able to buy alabaster and onyx pieces.