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Old 04-12-2012, 08:25 PM
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Red Sardonyx

Sometimes, I"ll place an order for a stone I hadn't encountered before, because it appeals to me when I'm looking through the catalog to replenish my materials.

Red Sardonyx is like that. I liked the daylights out of it from the moment I saw it, and that was BEFORE I saw it in person. It's a combination of Onyx (which occurs in many colors, not only in black) and Sard, a type of Carnelian. As such, it has all the grounding and energizing properties of both stones, and resonstes with the Root and Sacral Chakras (which govern the life force and the creative force).

And I didn't know, until I actually saw the stone in person, that some of the bands are translucent. Bonus! I love translucent stone. Because of this, I had to photograph against a white background, since using a dark background didn't do justice to the colors in the translucent areas of the stone.

I just got done listing these on my site. I'm very happy I discovered Red Sardonyx.


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Old 05-12-2012, 09:29 AM
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Wow!!
Beauttiful stones & love the way you have set them, so elegant.
Just looking at them made me feel happy
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Old 05-12-2012, 10:07 AM
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Ahh Banded Carnelian, very nice.
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Old 05-12-2012, 10:32 AM
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Hi :)

They look nice! I still keep an eye out for a darker Sardonyx tumble.
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Old 05-12-2012, 05:40 PM
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In researching the stone, I also found that it's a popular medium for carving cameos. So is agate, and for the same reason: its color bands.

The carving is done so that the white or light-colored band contains the picture, and the background color is the darker band that lies behind the light band. True cameos are carved out of one piece of stone. I can easily see where stones with this deep orange and strong white combination would make a superb cameo.
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