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Onyx 8mm Star Cut Round 15-16 InchOnyx is a black and white banded Chalcedony, a cryptocrystalline Quartz. It is often thought of as an all black stone, and much of the black Onyx on the market has been artificially colored. Onyx has been both revered and feared throughout history. It is referenced in many sacred texts and historical manuscripts and is the first precious stone mentioned in the Bible. However in some regions, such as China, it was feared for centuries as a bad luck

but rather a speckled teal Jasper found in Africa and often treated to simulate the beautiful blue to green associated with true Turquoise

and the material has not been treated with dye

a warm peach

rendering its black especially deep and mysterious

It takes its name from Mooka Creek

" an allusion to the moon-like white reflections of the mineral or to the quality of the light transmitted from the stone

It is a member of the Quartz family

It ranges from almost completely transparent to an almost opaque brownish-gray crystal

periwinkle

Usually found near copper deposits

all-knowing eye

but it can also occur as orange