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Phasis sardonyx ab. peringueyi Aurivillius, 1924 Tylopaedia is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae . [ 1 ] It is monotypic containing only the species Tylopaedia sardonyx , the king copper , which is found in South Africa and Namibia .
The Breastplate supposedly included jasper, chrysoprase and sardonyx, and there is some debate as to whether other agates were also used. In the 19th century, Idar-Oberstein, Germany, became the world's largest chalcedony processing center, working mostly on agates. Most of these agates were from Latin America, in particular Brazil.
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Sardonyx. 3rd century BC. [17] Agrippina the Elder Cameo. Carved in Italy in the period of 37–41 AD. The carving is a three layer agate. Ptolemaic double cameo — Hellenistic, 278–270/269 BC. Eleven-layered onyx. [16] Blacas Cameo: Roman, about 20–50 AD. This head of Augustus was carved from a four-layered sardonyx.
Agate (/ ˈ æ ɡ ɪ t / AG-it) is a variety of chalcedony, [1] which comes in a wide variety of colors. Agates are primarily formed within volcanic and metamorphic rocks.The ornamental use of agate was common in ancient Greece, in assorted jewelry and in the seal stones of Greek warriors, [2] while bead necklaces with pierced and polished agate date back to the 3rd millennium BCE in the Indus ...
The previous record for the smallest non-avian dinosaur egg, according to Guinness World Records, measures 45-by-20 millimeters (about 1.77-by-0.79 inches). Discovered in Japan's Tamba City, this ...
Roman intaglio, sardonyx. Sardonyx cabachons. Sardonyx - Under the name sardonyx, it comes fifth in Revelations 21:20. Sardonyx is technically a variety of onyx (see above), marked by red-and-white bands instead of black-and-white. Sardonyx began to be held in high esteem in Ancient Rome after Scipio Africanus began to wear one. [10]
Researchers in Russia on Monday unveiled the remarkably well-preserved remains of a 50,000-year-old female baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the Yakutia region of Siberia.