Description: Huge onyx deposit of multicolour strips and design available with company at different locations. Onyx is usually composed of microcrystalline to coarse calcite and, more rarely, by aragonite. The microcrystals occur as a fibrous or a lamellar texture.
The onyx gemstone is a “siliceous rock consisting of cryptocrystalline quartz (a variety of chalcedony).” Alternatively, onyx stone surfaces are a calcareous stone.
Increase in the export of onyx and other verities of marble can be achieved with better mining and processing. Establishment of Cutting and polishing facilities near to main producing areas may help in value addition.
Quantity: Different varieties and patterns of precious stone.
Deposit Type: Onyx occurs in veins, big lenses, patches and stalagmite deposits related to interbedded systems. Well organized bands with parallel orientation are related to very quiet environments in interbedded cavities and caverns.
