- Brand: Casa de plata
- Product Code: CSER-2203
- Availability: By Order
Onyx
is black and white banded agate (cryptocrystalline or chalcedony quartz). It
should not to be confused with onyx marble, which is limestone. The banding of
onyx is parallel and consistent. Some varieties of onyx differ in color, such
as sard onyx, which has a brown base and white upper layer, cornelian onyx,
which has a red base and white upper layer, and niccolo onyx, which has a very
thin upper layer, allowing the black base color to show through as grey or
blue. Onyx takes its name from the Greek word "onux", which means
fingernail; this could be due to a Greek legend, in which Eros mischievously
cut the fingernails of Aphrodite with an arrowhead whilst she slept, and the
gods turned the clippings into stone.
Description
Stone - Black Onyx
Stone Size - 12X12 MM
Stone Shape - Heart Shape
Weight - 3.95 Gms
SKU - CSER-2203