Presentation :

Names) :

• Onyx and Sardonyx (variety of chalcedony / variety of agate).

Etymology:

• Onyx: From the Greek onux = nail or claw | Sardonyx: Probably from the contraction of Sardony and Onyx => Sardony: From the name of the city of Sardis, in Asia Minor.

Group, Family:

• Quartz Family (Microcrystalline/Cryptocrystalline) | Chalcedony family.

Color :

• Multicolor banded (Same type of pattern as agate): Black to Black banded with White (Onyx) | Black banded with White and/or Brown to Red-brown (Sardonyx).

Chandelier:

• Glassy, ​​Greasy, Resinous.

Origin :

• Germany, Austria, Italy, Brazil, Uruguay, United States, etc.

Crystal system:

• Trigonal 296 / Microcrystalline.

Chemical composition :

• SiO2 | Coloring/Effect: Microscopic inclusions and probable black coloring due to natural irradiation.

Transparency:

• Opaque and Translucent on white ribbons.

Density :

• 2.58 to 2.65 | Sometimes up to over 2.91.

Hardness :

• 6 to 7.

Cleavage:

• Null.

Breakage:

• Irregular, Conchoidal.

Line color:

• White.

Shock resistance:

• Good.

Heat resistance:

• Good.

Properties and virtues:

Physical virtues:

• Accelerates recovery after an illness or during a long period of convalescence.
• Treats inner ear problems, ringing in the ears and tinnitus.
• Regulates the rhythm of speech. Ideal for people with too much speech.
• Treats the entire oral region: mouth, tooth, vocal cords.
• Regulates the temperature to better resist the cold.
• Helps relieve the pain of contractions during childbirth.
• Promotes good fetal development.
• Regulates libido and helps calm strong sexual urges and people who are too demanding.
• Treats, tones and firms the skin.
• Treats allergies and certain forms of addiction.
• Effectively fights hair loss.
• Treats and strengthens nails.
• Treats arthritis and osteoarthritis and joint disorders.
• Treats eye disorders and strengthens eyesight.
• Greatly treats and tones the pancreas, heart, spleen, kidneys, nerves and spinal cord.
• Treats and soothes epileptic seizures.
• Promotes the circulatory system and therefore good blood circulation.
• Helps strengthen the cardiovascular system
• Improves cholesterol and triglyceride levels
• Helps hypochondriac people.

Psychological, emotional and mental virtues:

• Promotes and strengthens self-esteem, confidence and self-control.
• Stabilizes and acts against inconstancy.
• Helps us to overcome with great strength the major upheavals that we may encounter during our lives, such as bereavements or romantic breakups for example.
• Treats anxiety as well as melancholy states, sadness and depression and helps chase away bad memories.
• Promotes moderation and helps us not to let ourselves be too overwhelmed and overwhelmed by our emotions at the risk of finding ourselves caught up in crazy passions.
• Promotes and develops instinct and intuition.
• Promotes taking responsibility and leads us to take full responsibility for our actions.
• Treats sleep by keeping nightmares away.

Spiritual virtues:

• Promotes anchoring.
• Protects from the evil eye.
• Protects during treatment or parapsychic work from all risks of influence linked to wandering souls and entities.
• Helps to purify Karma.
• Helps to overcome the weight of our karma due to the consequences of our actions in our previous lives.

Chakra:

• Root chakra, 1st Ch.

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