Coffee Lovers: Discussions

mmmm duncan donuts mmmmm coffee cake mmmm kringle mmmmm jelly donuts mmmmm chocolate donuts mmmmm brownies mmmm !!
mmm pancakes with whip cream and strawberries

ebay send me the last month bill(ebay seller fee) ,i want to see the detail about last month bill .like the store fee and listing fee and so on .so where can i see thoes details??
thank you~~

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me........How about 81 Silver Dollars, including some really rare coins too!!!!! Lookie what I got for ya :)

heres a song i here on Christmas day can you add a word here goes !
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW IS ____________________ ?

Welcome to all newbies to the neighborhood...and there have been a lot lately! In order to help remember who is who, thought I'd start this post.

If you wish to respond please do so with your user ID and optional "real" name....This will create a directory of sorts that will enable us to write down names or cut and paste to a document to print off.

If you don't mind, please limit this post to just names or it will go on for pages and pages!
Thanks!

Gayle

Happy Birthday fish, Hopefully many more!!

Etymology

Onyx comes through Latin from the Greek onyx meaning 'claw' or 'fingernail'. With its fleshtone color, onyx can be said to resemble a fingernail. The English word 'nail' is cognate with the Greek word.


Onyx is a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades, such as purple or blue). Commonly, specimens of onyx available contain bands of colors of white, tan, and brown. Sardonyx is a variant in which the colored bands are sard (shades of red) rather than black. Pure black onyx is common, and perhaps the most famous variety, but not as common as onyx with banded colors.

It has a long history of use for hardstone carving and jewellery, where it is usually cut as a cabochon, or into beads, and is also used for intaglio or cameo engraved gems, where the bands make the image contrast with the ground. Some onyx is natural but much is produced by the staining of agate.

The name has sometimes been used, incorrectly, to label other banded lapidary materials, such as banded calcite found in Mexico, Pakistan, and other places, and often carved, polished and sold.Thaks...!