Onyx - Color, Facts, Power, Mythology, History and Myths
Last updated : January 21, 2019 9:26 AM
An ancient gemstone, Onyx is the banded or layered form of Chalcedony whose bands range from colors, like white to almost any hue. The word “Onyx” has been derived from a Latin word, which means fingernail or claw. Nevertheless, this stone also goes well with its name because of its color resembling skin.
Most people think of Onyx as a black stone, but this impression is a bit wrong due to Onyx’s actual meaning in the gemological world where Onyx is referred to as a stone, which exhibits various colors in various layers. However, Black Onyx is regarded as the most sought-after stone of all because black color stones are generally considered as very protecting and caring.
Where is Onyx found?
Onyx is found in abundance in Brazil, California, India, and Uruguay.
Healing Properties
The benefits that Onyx holds are:
- Source of Stability and courage
Onyxis enormously favourable for sportspersons who achieve strength out of wearing it. Those who are disturbed mentally and emotionally can be benefitted to a large extent with the help of this stone. Onyx brings determination, spirit and focus.
- Beneficial for Health
Onyx impacts largely on almost all the Chakras of a human body, inspires them and makes them function efficiently in harmony with each other to raise overall supreme benefits for those who wear it. It is also considered helpful in sorting out health problems related to eyes, kidney, heart, nerves, bones, teeth, etc., and also cures troubles, like sleeping disorders, blood disorders, epilepsy,depression,Glaucoma, and many others. Onyx is highly recommended by experts to those people who suffer troubles like these for attaining relief.
- Source of happiness
In present times, Onyx is considered great and extremely beneficial for those who wear it. It is believed to bring rejuvenation, positivity, and happiness in one’s life. It enhances intuition ability and reduces the desire of uncalled-for addictions.
- Good for skin and hair
Onyx is considered effective in assisting or accelerating the growth of nails, skin and hair.
- Enhances inner strength
Any advances one’s resistance and perseverance, empowering one to handle even impossible tasks that are running short of completion. It helps in quickly enhancing memory and promotes attention towards the small detail of any task. Due to such innate qualities, Onyx is great for all those who work with high level of dedication, focus, and discipline, like business owners, students, teachers, lawyers, software engineers, computer technicians, and lawyers.
- Helpful in weight management
Onyx can maintain a person’s focus on weight loss plan, workout regime, and other efforts to be healthy and fit. It is a fantastic stone for body builders.
- Other benefits
Onyx is effective in helping a person from moving on in life from the past and broken relationships. It reduces a person too much from bothering and thinking about such relationships.
Onyx Facts
Some facts about Onyx
- Onyx is the transcendent birthstone for the people born in the month of December.
- According to folklores, one day while goddess Venus was sleeping Cupid cut her fingernails and the clippings were left scattered on the ground. Because none of the parts of a heavenly body can decrease, the gods turned those clippings into stone, which was later named as Onyx.
- During ancient Roman and Greek times, it was believed that Onyx was a protective shield, and hence the used to wear Onyx to get rid of the ill-effects of black magic, and witches.
- Onyx was used in Egypt in olden times to make pottery items and bowls.
Metaphysical Properties
Being a prehistoric gemstone, cameoOnyx has been used as an ornamental gemstone and in jewellery for carvings and artefacts since the distant past. Onyx has conventionally been one of the most significameosand carving gemstones, where it is most commonly used in the formof a black base having a beautifully designed white upper layer. Though still used a trivial gemstone these days, the importance and worth of Onyx has been moderatedand highly diminished as compared to ancient times.
Onyx is a member of the quartz group, and a form of chalcedony. Similarto the various other stones of the chalcedony family, Onyx has a plane, smooth, and waxy lustre. Its hardness on Moh’s scale weighs in between 6.5 to 7.0. The chemical composition of Onyx contains Silicon Dioxide.
Onyx at a Glance
| Cleavage | None |
|---|---|
| Other Names | True Onyx, Arabic Onyx |
| Crystal Habit | NA |
| Streak | White |
| Refractive Index | 1.535-1.539 |
| Diaphaneity | Translucent |
| Moh's scale (hardness) | 6–7 |
| Sources | Brazil, California, India, and Uruguay |
| Chemical formula | SiO2 |
| Lustre | Vitreous |
| Color | orange, red, black and green |
| Chakra Healing | Root or base chakra |
| Birthstone | |
| Zodiac |
Onyx Color
Onyx is available in various colors, like orange, red, black and green.
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