"Chocolate" Agate (a bit like the Nguni or Gila Jasper) from Honduras (new stone in 2021)

Zebra Calcite tumbled stones from Nuevo Leon located in Mexico.

Zebra Calcite tumbled stones from Nuevo Leon located in Mexico.

Blue Aragonite from Patagonia located in Argentina (very rare!)

"The pride of Argentina" or also called "Piedra de Maradonna"! Unlike other Blue Aragonites, this one is 100% natural! And the tumbled stones are cut & polished by hand.
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Blue Aragonite from Patagonia located in Argentina (very rare!) is available to buy in increments of 100

Onyx is a mineral and a variety of quartz, more specifically a variety of chalcedony. Onyxes are two-colored nesosilicates, where the colors are intertwined as layers or bands. Onyx is related to agate, a four-colored quartz variety. There are several types of onyx, with the basic name onyx normally used to denote a mineral with white and black layers. In addition, we also know the sardonyx with white and reddish brown (the color that is called sard) layers and carnelian or carnelian oronyx (fire 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 an ornamental stone. In the imperial period, onyxes were mainly used for the manufacture of gemstones; rings with such stones were regularly found in the western provinces. In the late Roman period we find carnelian pearls also in the eastern provinces. Above the Alps carneoles only occasionally occurred, such as in Pfyn and Switzerland. References to the onyx occur in several places in the Old Testament of the Bible, the first 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. In addition, the shoulders of the ephod were also provided with two such "shoham" stones. The onyx has an esoteric history almost as long as its secular history. In the Middle Ages, the onyx was already seen as an "doom stone", a symbol of mourning and misery. Other sources say it was also a healing stone, with a positive effect on the skin, hair and nails. Within the zodiac, onyx is associated with the Capricorn and with Saturn. Onyx is also said to have a beneficial effect on nausea, weather sensitivity and stomach and intestinal complaints.

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