GLEN OAKS, on the Queens border with Nassau County, is dominated by a series of co-op apartment complexes, both garden and high-rise.
(Ã´râ²Ä­ks, Årâ²-) n. pl. oryx or oÂ·ryxÂ·es. Any of several African and Arabian antelopes of the genus Oryx, including the gemsbok, having black or brown markings on the face and long, straight or slightly curved horns. [Latin, from Greek orux, pickaxe, gazelle (from its sharp horns), perhaps from orussein, to dig.]
The Sardonyx is a gemstone that has been prized for its beauty and rumored metaphysical properties for thousands of years. Its name is derived from the Greek words sard, meaning a reddish brown, and onyx, meaning veined gem. Sardonyx stone is a variation of onyx, which is a semiprecious stone of the silica mineral agate comprised of the chemical make-up SiO2.