onyx

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.”

The onyx markings on their masks resemble various animals and creatures; each mask is unique.

Their wings are garbed with radiant pink, pearl, onyx and sulfur yellow scales, which birds and carnivorous insects can easily spot from a distance.

Mr. Ghaffarian, 66, sat at a table made of gently glowing white onyx, also from Iran.

And the boulders peeking out from the lapping waves remind me of polished onyx.