Look Bold & Beautiful in Sagacia’s Black Onyx Bracelets: The Onyx in Most Mysterious
Shade of Black
You must have heard that black onyx is a wonderful stone that offers protection and strength to the user. This onyx stone, which comes in the most mysterious shades of black, enables the wearer to stay grounded and focused, while also providing support in times of difficulties. If you are thinking about what black onyx is, well, it’s a kind of layered chalcedony that has white bands present on midnight black background of the stone. Over the past centuries, onyx has been the first preference when it comes to jewelry cameos. Although onyx comes in various colors like brown, pink, red, and green, the most famous onyx variety is the black onyx. This same variety of onyx comes in midnight black color and is popularly used in making onyx gemstone jewelry like black onyx bracelets. Other than jewelry, the black onyx gemstone is also used in making beautiful carvings, figurines, and home décor items.
What Black Onyx Gemstone Is
As discussed above, black onyx is a variety of chalcedony minerals that are primarily composed of microcrystalline quartz. Like all quartz, the chemical formula for black onyx is SiO2. What adds to the intrigue and mystery of this gem are banded layers of white color. This stark contrast of milky white banded layers on a black base provides artisans with the perfect depth to carve intricate jewelry intaglios and cameos. Also, the midnight black base of the stone offers artisans the perfect backdrop to create figurines, sculptures, and portraits that are skillfully carved by hand.
If you are thinking that black onyx is a semi-precious gemstone, you are absolutely right! Although black onyx had been a highly prized gemstone for ancient civilizations, in the present-day age, the value and prestige of onyx have declined a little bit. Also, even though this stone is quite trendy and popular, it is not as popular as precious stones (like diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds). And, we advise you not to confuse onyx with agate – both are two different gemstones. Most people who sell black onyx jewelry market the white banded variety of black onyx as agates. Here is a way to differentiate between the two– black onyx has distinct parallel lines, whereas agates have swirling, non-linear, and concentric lines. However, remember that you can differentiate between onyx and agate this way only with rough specimens where parallel lines and banding are visible.
On the Moh’s scale of mineral hardness, black onyx clocks at an impressive seven, and it is a durable stone to be used in making black onyx jewelry like black onyx bracelets. Here is an interesting fact: the name “onyx” comes from the Greek word “onux” which can be roughly translated to fingernails and claws. This name was given to onyx because the veins found on onyx stone appear similar to the color of a fingernail. By the way, black onyx is mined in various parts of the world, like Mexico, USA, Madagascar, Afghanistan, India, Peru, and Brazil.
Healing Properties of Black Onyx Stone
Black onyx is a wonderful stone that has many healing properties and metaphysical uses. Physically, the black onyx gemstone helps in myofascial pain syndrome by stimulating the nerve endings of soft tissues. This stone also regulates healthy blood flow all over the body, and it controls blood pressure as well. Wearing a black onyx bracelet and meditating on it can treat osteoporosis and strengthen the bones as well because this stone increases the absorption of calcium within our intestines. Last but not least, the powerful energies of the black onyx gemstone increase the immunity of the body against various viruses and bacteria, and it boosts the circulatory system as well.
On a metaphysical level, this stone has strong grounding properties, and it makes the wearer direct and channel his energies in a productive way. This stone also cleanses the aura of all the negative energies that you pick up from the environment, and by protecting the energy field of the wearer, it safeguards him from the evil eye. Last but not least, black onyx gemstone jewelry allows you to easily connect to your spirit guides, spirit animals, and animal totems, thus enabling you to get their guidance at any place, any time.
Purchase Sagacia’s Statement Black Onyx Bracelets
Now that you have read everything about black onyx, from what it is to the healing properties of the stone, we would like to inform you about an esteemed US jewelry brand that sells affordable fashion accessories – Sagacia Jewelry. Sagacia has a huge collection of sterling silver gemstone jewelry, and you have tons of options when it comes to silver gemstone bracelets – available in gemstones such as biwa pearl, black rutile, tourmaline, pink opal, lemon quartz, and many more. The black onyx bracelets that we sell are statement pieces that are handmade and one-of-a-kind. You will look bold and beautiful in these bracelets, and Sagacia guarantees the purity of 925 sterling silver used in making these bracelets. So, order Sagacia’s Black Onyx bracelets now, and get them delivered straight to your doorstep in no time.