Itâs famous for improving regularity and helping lower cholesterol. But dietary fiber also performs other key roles that might surprise you, affecting everything from your skin to your gallbladder, heart and immunity.
CoreWire Technology: dense inner core, wrapped in cobalt alloy outer layer; entire stent is molded from a single strand of wire. November 3, 2014 -- The Resolute Onyxâ¢, a new drug-eluting stent from Medtronic has received approval from the ConformitÃ© EuropÃ©ene and, according to the company, is now available in countries that recognize the CE Mark.
The name onyx usually refers to chalcedony of alternate bands, usually white and black. Like quartz crystals, onyx is a hard rock, rated in the Mohs scale of hardness at 6 to 7. Agate is also a kind of chalcedony that occurs in different bands of colors, not excluding black and white.f the stripes in a banded chalcedony are parallel to each other, the stone is called onyx. If the bands are chaotic, the stone is just agate. This differentiation is only artificial, however, and is not thoroughly observed. The fact is, the onyx gemstone is a variety of agate.