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Monday, February 27, 2012

The Onyx: Onyx is often used as background to highlight colors


The Onyx Black onyx chalcedony comes from the Greek "onyx" which means nail. It is a variety of chalcedony in the very fine texture and black. Onyx is often used as background to highlight colors. This is the ideal stone for burning. When it has scratches or streaks on a black background color, you can then burn cameos.

Beliefs about the onyx:
It is said that one day Cupid cut the fingernails had Venus as she slept and had not picked up the pieces fell on the sand. The Fates were soon transformed these pieces of stone nails that nothing disappears from the body of the divine. At the time, onyx was associated with the colors of chalcedony and could therefore be of nail color, but brown or black.
It seems that the Onyx is a factor in improving the health of nails, skin and hair.

Characteristics of onyx
Today, the color of onyx is limited to black, preferably, and dark brown. Chalcedony reddish beige and white is called "sardonic".

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