Cross-cut is the cut taken across the bedding plane of the onyx block, perpendicular to the layering. Where vein-cut produces orderly horizontal bands and wave-cut produces sweeping diagonals, cross-cut produces a cloud-like read — concentric pools of crystalline growth, translucent white nodules suspended in a honey-amber body, no two regions alike.

This slab is an oversized example at 102" × 69", polished at 2cm — large enough for a single backlit feature wall, a full-height fireplace surround, or a sequenced bath package with bookmatched returns. Cross-cut Honey Onyx is the most painterly read in the onyx family — every region of the slab is a different composition, and placement on the cut matters enormously.

Walk it in person, bring a flashlight or ask us to light it from behind in the yard, and mark the panel before it goes to the saw. Onyx is structurally soft and belongs on vertical and light-use horizontal applications. On the floor in Los Angeles.