Sardonyx is a kind of onyx with straight parallel alternating layers of white and brown-red colors.

Composition

SiO2

Sardonyx Healing Properties

Sardonyx relieves pain and inflammation, sharpens hearing. It accelerates regeneration and therefore helps to heal bone fractures faster. It has a beneficial effect on the digestive organs, the endocrine system and spleen, treats fever.

An ancient medical manual says about this mineral: ‘The one who pounds it in the water and drinks the water, his swelling on stomach will subside and he will get relief.”

In olden people distinguished “female” (light) and “male” (dark) sardonyx. The first worn on the body promoted fertility, and the second helped faster wound and ulcer healing and stopped bleeding.

Sardonyx Magical Properties

In old days sardonyx was considered to be a powerful talisman, that gave man courage, protected against infidelity, deceit, lies and betrayal, guarded from diseases and enemies. It promotes rejuvenation and life prolongation, gives the owner courage, sense of honor, renewal, brightness, vitality and self-control.

Sardonyx is a love amulet, a talisman for people connected with travelling and locomotion. It’s a stone of religion, ideology, information and science. In Europe, sardonyx is a symbol of strength, vitality and happiness in marriage. Magicians use this stone for astral travelling and to increase the power of clairvoyance.

Impact on Chakras

Sardonyx affects Svadhistkhana and Manipur.

Energy

Projective Yang (releases energy, activates)

Signs of the Zodiac

Aries, Sagittarius

Elements

Earth, Fire,

Planets

Uranus

Works of Sardonyx

Sardonyx is used to make jewelry, cameos, small decorative items and haberdashery.

Source: lithotherapy.ru