| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper.[Websters]. | |
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Date "JASPONYX" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Jasponyx \Jasp`o"nyx\, noun. [Latin expression iasponyx. See Jasper, and Onyx.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: JASPONYX
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| Noah Webster | [Noun] The purest horn-colored onyx, with beautiful green zones, composed of genuine matter of the finest jaspers.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Mining | An opaque onyx, part or all of whose bands consist of jasper. (references) | ||
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