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Amber Onyx is a unique form of calcite mined at high elevation exclusively in the Uintah mountains of Utah. It replaces traditional architectural stone like granite and marble for counter tops, floor, wall and bath tiles. Amber Onyx is used for art, for interior decorative veneers, as light fixture material, for water fountains and more. Amber Onyx can be carved and cut into various sizes and shapes—spheres, large and small slabs, polished pieces and artistic shapes.
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Onyx is the Mystical birthstone for the month of December. It is ... the birth stone for the Zodiac sign of Leo. The following list shows all the other birthstone tables in which onyx appears as either a birth/natal stone or as the stone for a given zodiac or astrological sign. See other December birthstones.
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Onyx was very popular with the ancient Greeks and Romans. The name comes from the Greek word 'onyx', which means nail or claw. The story is that one day the 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 colour one associates with fingernails. (Did Venus wear Vamp, perhaps?) But in Greek times, almost all the colours of chalcedony from fingernail white to dark brown and black were called onyx.
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The varying color of Amber Onyx derives from the level of iron and sulphur deposits at time of formation and from the thickness of the stone. Typical variations in color include a deep rich honey amber, yellowish-orange, a soft, pale—like sunlight—lemon amber, golden amber or, in rare instances, a pale white-yellow.
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Onyx jewelry is worn to defend against negativity that is directed at you. Black stones have protective energies in the sense that black is the absence of light, and therefore, can be used to create invisibility.
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Britney's set design will be based on the mysterious theory of the Onyx stone. The Onyx Hotel is a unique, mysterious hotel powered by an onyx stone. Each guest who enters this hotel shines their own light into the onyx, and in return, makes their fantasies come to life. It's a vibrant, whimsical place where wondrous dreams are realized, and the darkest of secrets are revealed.
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