Physical Properties of Sardonyx Stone / Crystal |
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Chemical Formula: | SiO2 |
Chemical Composition: | Silicon dioxide |
Crystal System: | Trigonal |
Lustre: | Waxy |
Transparency: | Translucent, Opaque |
Colour: | White or Gray, Black, Red, Brown |
Streak: | White |
Hardness: | 6.5 - 7 on Mohs scale |
Tenacity: | |
Cleavage: | Poor |
Fracture: | Very brittle, conchoidal |
Density: | 2.6 |
Refractive Index: | 1.530 to 1.543 |
Sardonyx is a healing stone that comes in shades of black, red or brown. Sometimes it is also clear. This stone is associated with luck friendship, happiness, good fortune, romance, marriage, stamina, energy and creativity. It is considered to be a stone of protection and strength. It helps to make your conduct virtuous and helps to strengthen your integrity. It helps you increase your friend circle and makes you likeable and popular. In partnerships it also helps to bring stability and lots of happiness. It makes you internally strong and enhances your will power. At the same time it also makes your character strong. It helps you to increase your stamina, vigour and self-control. If you are suffering from depression it helps you alleviate that and helps you overcome all your hesitancy.
Sardonyx also helps to heal problems and diseases related to lungs and bones. It helps to regulate fluids and improves cell metabolism. Besides that it also helps to make the immune system strong and disease resistant. Each colour of the stone has its own specific healing properties. Black Sardonyx helps to absorb negative energy, brown Sardonyx is useful for grounding energy, clear Sardonyx is used for purification and red helps in stimulation.
Sardonyx is a very special stone which has many uses. Besides being a stone which helps to bring in lots of luck and good fortune in one's life it also has medical healing properties. It is used in the treatment of many diseases.
Sardonyx gemstones / crystals are found in some of the countries of world are: China, Czech Republic, India, USA