A sardonyx, now at Florence, exhibits a man with a high crown on his head and a staff in his hand; in front of him is a star with four rays; the inscription in old Phenician letters runs, "Of Abibaal."
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
On a rock of sardonyx he strove to break it then, but Durendala remained unharmed.
"A Book of Myths"
Jean Lang
It was a lake of beryl, whose far-off golden shores were set with rubies and sardonyx, and beyond these, again, were the more distant waters of the silver sea; and as when Sir Bedivere "...
"A Cotswold Village"
J. Arthur Gibbs