What's So Special About Black Onyx Jewelry

Onyx was very popular with the ancient Greeks and Romans. The name comes from the Greek word "onux", which means fingernail. The story is that one day frisky Cupid cut the divine fingernails of Venus with an arrowhead while she was sleeping. He left the clippings scattered on the sand and the fates turned them into stone so that no part of the heavenly body would ever perish. True, black isn't normally the color one associates with fingernails. (Did Venus wear Vamp?) But in Greek times, almost all colors of chalcedony from fingernail white to dark brown and black were called onyx. Later, the Romans narrowed the term to refer to black and dark brown colors only. The blue onyx is colored with a secret process that takes three months to complete. The process involves many steps and careful attention to detail. An expensive special agate must be used to insure a pure color. This special agate is gray and free from any naturally occurring coloration. The blue onyx produced is as delightful as a summer sky. As with black onyx, blue onyx sold for jewelry purposes is been used in jewelry for centuries. For more information Black Onyx check out these internet sites:Gift
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