The onyx: semi - precious stones

In the beautiful jewelries, the background black is often provided by onyx, a quartz of chalcedony having a beautiful texture and a black color. Some onyxes post also bands or ribbons white on a black bottom. If the layers are the same ones, this type of onyx can be cut in the cameos. Black onyx is the stone of the tenth year of marriage.

Onyx was very popular among the old Greeks and Romans. The name comes from the Greek word "onux" which means the nail. The history says that one day Cupid cut the divine Venus nail's with an arrow while she slept. He left, the cuts dispersed on sand and the myth wanted that this stone brings the eternal life. It is true that the black is not normally a color associates with the nails, but in old times, almost all chalcedony colors white nail with dark chestnut and the black, are named onyx..

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