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Steampunk Jewelry : Black Onyx
Steampunk Bracelet - Copper brass Czech Lacy Glass Reverse Paint FUSCHIA SILVER Button - RED QUARTZ and BLACK ONYX
Here's some of my creations with Black Onyx . Today i have added a Silver tone Ring . I also have one in my original steampunk metal tones . These rings are available from size 6 to 12 and can be ordered in my Etsy shop : CatherinetteRings
Cyberpunk Jewelry - Ring - Black Onyx
Steampunk Jewelry - Ring - Black Onyx
Steampunk Jewelry - Necklace - Black and Red Rose Cameo - Black Onyx - Designs Exclusively by CatherinetteRings
Steampunk Jewelry - Bracelet - Blue color Quartz and Black Onyx
Steampunk Bracelet - Copper brass Czech Lacy Glass Reverse Paint FUSCHIA SILVER Button - RED QUARTZ and BLACK ONYX
Onyx is a cryptocrystalline form of quartz. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color (save some shades, such as purple or blue). Commonly, specimens of onyx available contain bands of colors of white, tan, and brown.
Sardonyx is a variant in which the colored bands are sard (shades of red) rather than black. Pure black onyx is common, and perhaps the most famous variety, but not as common as onyx with banded colors.
Onyx comes through Latin: onyx, from the Greek means 'claw' or 'fingernail'. With its flesh tone color, onyx can be said to resemble a fingernail. The English word 'nail' is cognate with the Greek word.
It has a long history of use for hard stone carving and jewellery, where it is usually cut as a cabochon, or into beads, and is also used for intaglio or cameo engraved gems, where the bands make the image contrast with the ground. Some onyx is natural but much is produced by the staining of agate.
Onyx was known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Use of sardonyx appears in the art of Minoan Crete, notably from the archaeological recoveries at Knossos. Onyx was used in Egypt as early as the Second Dynasty to make bowls and other pottery items.
Black onyx with bands of colors.
Onyx is also mentioned in the Bible at various points, such as the priests' garments and the foundation of the city of Heaven in Revelation.
Sardonyx is a variant in which the colored bands are sard (shades of red) rather than black. Pure black onyx is common, and perhaps the most famous variety, but not as common as onyx with banded colors.
Onyx comes through Latin: onyx, from the Greek means 'claw' or 'fingernail'. With its flesh tone color, onyx can be said to resemble a fingernail. The English word 'nail' is cognate with the Greek word.
It has a long history of use for hard stone carving and jewellery, where it is usually cut as a cabochon, or into beads, and is also used for intaglio or cameo engraved gems, where the bands make the image contrast with the ground. Some onyx is natural but much is produced by the staining of agate.
Onyx was known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Use of sardonyx appears in the art of Minoan Crete, notably from the archaeological recoveries at Knossos. Onyx was used in Egypt as early as the Second Dynasty to make bowls and other pottery items.
Black onyx with bands of colors.
Onyx is also mentioned in the Bible at various points, such as the priests' garments and the foundation of the city of Heaven in Revelation.
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