Beautiful Onyx

Onyx is the birthstone for Leos and the anniversary gemstone for the 7th year of marriage. Black Onyx is the anniversary gemstone for the 10th year of marriage. Onyx is a variety of the microcrystalline quartz, called chalcedony.

History

The term onyx is said to have been generated from the Greek word onux, which means fingernail or claw. Though why it is related to a fingernail may seem baffling, legend has it that the mischievous Cupid once cut off Venus’s fingernails when she was sleeping. As the fingernails scattered on the ground, the Gods turned them into flesh-colored stones, as no part of a heavenly body was supposed to perish. Chalcedony stones, which ranged from white to brown to black in color, were at the time, all called Onyx.

History

The term onyx is said to have been generated from the Greek word onux, which means fingernail or claw. Though why it is related to a fingernail may seem baffling, legend has it that the mischievous Cupid once cut off Venus’s fingernails when she was sleeping. As the fingernails scattered on the ground, the Gods turned them into flesh-colored stones, as no part of a heavenly body was supposed to perish. Chalcedony stones, which ranged from white to brown to black in color, were at the time, all called Onyx.