onyx

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But greater impact, we see, was made by the German pavilion designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich using Roman travertine, green marble, onyx and glass, ushering in architecture’s International Style.

From The Wall Street Journal

Asase turns to the other figure—a tall, slender individual with skin so dark and rich that it looks like polished onyx.

From Literature

Many of the lavish amenities sit on the terrace level of the home, which holds a backlit onyx bar and a full second kitchen.

From MarketWatch

Arsenal charge more than £30,000-a-year to join the Diamond Club with heated seats, dining at an exclusive restaurant and an onyx bar for drinks.

From BBC

For a home in Toronto, where she designed a shower for two people, she used book-matched slabs of onyx on the walls, “because they really wanted a wow factor.”

From Seattle Times