Description
Before contacting Jim Lytell Marble and Stone Restoration, it is valuable to you to learn about your onyx floors. Onyx is a calcareous sedimentary stone. Onyx is often confused with marbles, yet it is a significantly different rock type. Onyx is a sedimentary rock, formed as stalactites and stalagmites in cave interiors. This formation method results in the cryptocrystalline construction of the rock fabric, and it is the size and uniformity of these crystals that contribute to the classic translucent property of most onyx varieties. While vulnerable to chemical and abrasive attack, the decorative appeal of onyx is perhaps unsurpassed by any other material. Onyx is one of the most fragile natural stones requiring extra care during installation. Despite it’s fragile nature, onyx is very hard measuring the same as granite, a stout 7 on the Mohs scale. It comes in a wide range of colors, most of which have extreme variation from piece to piece and within one piece. Onyx was used in Egypt as early as the Second Dynasty to adorn the most exclusive residences. It was used to make small perfume bottles, unguent vases (called alabastra), canopic jars and various other sacred and sepulchral objects. Today onyx is commercially available in Afghanistan, China, Ecuador Guatemala, Iran, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Tanzania, and Turkey.
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Services offered:
Onyx Tile, stone restoration:
- Grind onyx, polish onyx, and seal onyx
- Grind onyx, hone onyx, and seal onyx
- Flatten onyx, hone onyx and seal onyx
- Flatten onyx, polish onyx, and seal onyx
- Fill holes in onyx
- Fill cracks in onyx
- Efflorescence Removal from onyx
Onyx Tile, stone maintenance:
- Clean onyx and seal onyx
- Clean onyx, hone onyx, and seal onyx
- Clean onyx, polish onyx, and seal onyx
- Scratch Removal from onyx
- Stain Removal from onyx
- Fill holes in onyx
- Fill cracks in onyx
- Efflorescence Removal from onyx