The brown onyx from Tanzania has got, according to the cutting direction, a cloudy or a linear structure and is particularly suitable for naturally elegant spaces indoors. The material lends an exclusive atmosphere to each room.
description material type
Onyxmarble, which colloquially gets labeled as onyx, consist of colorful calcareous sinter (freshwater calcium carbonate). It is formed near water springs through fine calcium precipitations from spring and seepage water. Onyx is a cryptocrystalline mineral with translucent transparency. This rare material is particularly suitable for backlit objects for interior design and lends an exclusive atmosphere to each room. Common colors of the onyxmarble are white, yellow, brown, orange, red and green, in every imaginable shade.
technical information*
type of rock Onyx
origin Tanzania
color Brown
characteristics Cloudy, Linear, Veined
acid resistance no
application field interiors
frost resistance partly