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Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony (quartz).

Onyx may also refer to:

Locations

• Onyx, California, a census-designated place located in Kern County, California
• Onyx, Arkansas
• Onyx Cave (disambiguation), a common name for caves in the United States
• Onyx River, a meltwater stream in the Antarctic
• The Onyx Club, a jazz club in Pasadena, California, part of The Hotel Carver
• Onyx Club (New York City), a jazz club on 52nd Street, in Manhattan, New York City

Entertainment

• Onyx, a fictitious planet set in the Halo franchise, mentioned in the novel Halo: Ghosts of Onyx and the Halo Halo TV series
• Onyx, a 2005 episode of the TV series Smallville
• Onyx (wrestler), pro wrestler Kyle McNeely

Characters

• Onyx (comics), a fictional comic book character in the DC Universe, mainly associated with the Batman titles
• Onyx Von Trollenberg, a character from the animated series Trollz

Medicine

• Onyx (Interventional radiology), EVOH based liquid embolic agent
• Onyx Pharmaceuticals, a drug manufacturer

Organizations

• Onyx (architectural collective), an architectural collective that practiced in New York City from 1968 to 1972
• Onyx Collective, a content brand owned by Disney Entertainment championing projects from individuals belonging to underrepresented groups
• Onyx Creative, an US architecture and design firm
• Veolia Environmental Services, formerly Onyx Environnement
• Onyx Grand Prix, a short-lived Formula One team, 1989–1990
• Onyx Sports Cars, a UK kit car manufacturer

Technology

• SGI Onyx, a line of symmetric multiprocessing computers from Silicon Graphics
• Synaptics Onyx, a concept cellphone designed to display Synaptics ClearPad technology
• Onyx International Inc, a company producing the Onyx Boox ebook readers
• Onyx (satellite), a code name often associated with newer variants of the Lacrosse satellite
• Onyx (interception system), a Swiss intelligence gathering system
• Onyx-015, an adenovirus being researched for cancer treatment
• OnyX, a freeware system maintenance and optimization tool for Mac OS X
• Onyx Systems, a company that made computer systems based on the Zilog Z8000 microprocessor and Bell Labs' Unix
• BlackBerry Bold 9700 (codenamed "Onyx"), a smartphone from RIM

Vessels

• USS Onyx (PYc-5), a United States Navy patrol vessel of the mid-20th century
• HMS Onyx, the name of seven ships of the Royal Navy
• MS Onyx, a passenger ferry formerly known as Fennia and Casino Express

Music

• Onyx (hip hop group), a Queens-based hip-hop group
• Onyx (Cornish band), a Cornish 1960s band
• The Onyx Hotel Tour, 2004 tour by pop singer Britney Spears
• Onyx (DJ), an Israeli DJ

Albums

• Onyx (Pop Evil album)
• Onyx (Ava Inferi album), 2011

Other uses

• Onyx (game), a strategy board game invented by Larry Back
• Onyx: Black Lesbian Newsletter, a 1980s Californian magazine
• Onyx, a Monotype typeface
• Peugeot Onyx, a concept car produced by the French car manufacturer Peugeot

See also

• Onix (disambiguation)
• P-800 Oniks, a Russian/Soviet supersonic anti-ship cruise missile

• Disambiguation pages