PROMOTIONAL PRICE TUMBLED STONES: 1 kilo Onyx from India.

Onyx is a mineral and a variety of quartz, more specifically a variant of chalcedony. Onyxes are two-colored nesosilicates, with the colors interwoven as layers or bands. Onyx is related to agate, a four-colored quartz variant. There are different types of onyx, with the base name onyx usually being used to refer to a mineral with white and black layers. Additionally, we have sardonyx with white and reddish-brown (the color called sard) layers and carnelian or carnelian onyx (fiery red and white layers). Onyx is found in Brazil, Madagascar, Mexico, Uruguay, the United States, and Pakistan. In ancient times, carnelian was mined in North Africa as a gemstone. In the imperial period, onyxes were primarily used for the production of gemstones; in the western provinces, rings with such stones were regularly found. In the late Roman period, we also find carnelian pearls in the eastern provinces. Above the Alps, carnelian was found only a few times, such as in Pfyn and Switzerland. References to onyx appear in several places in the Old Testament of the Bible, the first being in Genesis 2, verse 12. According to Rabbi Bahya ben Asher, the word "shoham" in Exodus 28:20 means onyx. According to him, onyx was also the stone on the ephod that represented the tribe of Joseph. Additionally, the shoulders of the ephod were also adorned with two such "shoham" stones. The onyx has an esoteric history that is almost as long as its worldly history. In the Middle Ages, onyx was already seen as a "stone of misfortune," a symbol of mourning and misery. Other sources say that it was also a healing stone, with a positive effect on the skin, hair, and nails. Within the zodiac, Onyx is associated with Capricorn and Saturn. Onyx is also said to have a beneficial effect against nausea, weather sensitivity, and stomach and intestinal complaints.