Precious black stones are elegant and strict. They found their application not only in jewelry, but also in decorative elements of room design (for example, in designer figurines, also as pendants, etc.). You can talk a lot about these jewelry about their properties, use in life and meaning.
Properties of black mineral
First, let's discuss its properties. Some believe that this color attracts earthly energy. People who want to attract the attention of others to their inner world and character traits often choose this dark color.
But that's today.
But before, black jewelry was often worn by widows, witches and sorcerers.
There was such a negative belief about this in the characteristics of the stone. Moreover, if witches used the stone for magic, then the black color was attributed to widows as a sign of mourning and even a label for the rest of their lives.
It's good that today everything has changed. Black stones are actively used by designers from all over the world and are considered the “highlight” of jewelry. They are worn by representatives of any gender and race.
Black stones are divided into three types:
- Decorative or they are also called ornamental
- Semi-precious
- Precious.
Each type will now be discussed in detail. Typically, when making jewelry, black minerals are set in silver, platinum or gold.
Unusual onyx color
A very famous common gemstone with a very rich history. The most important distinguishing detail of black stone is the presence of a band of parallel lines that are found in completely different colors depending on the composition of the mineral itself. The stones themselves can be of different colors, but black is considered the most noble and is most often called zebra agate (gray or white color of the braid). It is characterized by a soft waxy sheen, which makes it extremely beautiful.
It has played many roles in history: in Egypt it was used to make the eyes of statues of gods, in India it was a talisman for generals and leaders, and Muslims still worship the black onyx that is inserted into the wall of the Kaaba. Many healing properties are attributed to it: it gives power, protects against evil spirits and ghosts, prolongs life, eliminates shyness, brings good luck and fortune, relieves stress, relieves pain and even helps with insomnia. Astrologers believe that they concentrate bioenergy, and therefore they are universal and suitable for every person.
When making your choice, do not forget about why you need this or that gemstone. If you only want to emphasize your aesthetic taste and diversify your appearance, then do not pay attention to superstitions. Use your design skills and select those semi-precious stones that will suit you best.
Decorative stones
Gems have thoroughly entered our lives in trinkets, boxes and, of course, costume jewelry.
Coal agate
A single-colored black gem. When you receive it, you can find superbly beautiful specimens.
In women, it actively influences the emotional background. If a representative of the fair sex is very irritated, then she is recommended to wear a black pendant or agate ring.
Women will be delighted when they find out that agate promotes weight loss, and also strengthens the nail plate, skin, hair and has a beneficial effect on overall female beauty.
Obsidian
Obsidian is a stone of volcanic origin that is formed after lava hardens. It is quite solid as it scores a Mohs 7.
Obsidian is recommended to be worn by people with high blood pressure, low immunity, arthrosis, and gout. The stone also helps the stomach and intestines. It is impossible not to notice the bactericidal property of this gem and its beneficial effect on normalizing sleep.
Amber
Amber (or it is also popularly called jet) is a fairly common stone. But not everyone chooses black amber. The thing is that such a dark color is considered an expensive nugget and is very fragile (it has a hardness rating of 3). But it is very malleable.
Jet is most in demand in medicine and massage. A plate or round balls are applied to the sore spot. The pebble is worn like a regular pendant. He is capable of:
- normalize stomach function;
- increase immunity;
- reduce acute pain;
- relieve the patient's cramps.
Onyx
It is also not hard, but it is beautiful and serves the benefit of the body. They say that he supposedly “pulls” sores out of a person. For example, it fights genitourinary problems, strengthens nails and hair, improves kidney and memory function. It is recommended for people who are actively dependent on weather conditions to dull depressing symptoms.
Volcanic alloy obsidian
These rocks are a rock of volcanic glass transformed as a result of rapid cooling. It is a glassy stone and can be very easily processed into jewelry. It has a characteristic black or gray glassy shade, which gives different results under different lighting conditions. As a rule, a very rich gray, and most often silvery, tint is the mark of this stone. In the past, it was often used to make tools (hammers, blades, arrows), and now it is also used in medicine to make scalpels.
People consider it to be cautious, as it warns against thoughtless actions or decisions; it is for this reason that it is not recommended for creative and enterprising people to buy it. Due to its origin, obsidian is very common, but the scope of applications is very wide. It is beautiful and useful, so it can be indispensable virtually everywhere.
Semiprecious stones
Although they are not precious, they have significance.
Morion
Black quartz (also known as morion) is a rare black gemstone. Many jewelers are able to recreate it on their own. It is incredibly unusual because through it you can see objects standing nearby.
According to medical opinion, morion copes with joint pain, improves sleep quality, removes waste and toxins from the body, and improves the health of people who have recently suffered a stroke or heart attack. It would also be useful for alcoholics and drug addicts to take note of this stone.
Why are stones of this color range valued among jewelers?
Decorative, semi-precious and precious stones differ not only in appearance, but also in physical parameters. The rocks are unique and can be used in a variety of jewelry. Semi-precious materials are often framed in silver, but more expensive alloys and metals can also be used.
Precious stones such as diamond and pearl are used only with gold and platinum of the highest standard. Amber and opal perform well in gold and platinum jewelry. Other gems can be used to make inexpensive jewelry, accessories and souvenirs.
Gems
They are of particular value and very expensive.
Sapphire
Black sapphire jewelry is rarely found in nature (and its true shade is close to dark purple), but today people have learned to process the stone. Such a pebble scores 9 Mohs points.
Sapphire helps a person with problems:
- Lungs
- Dream
- Immune system
- CNS.
There is an opinion that if you look closely at a blue-black sapphire (you need to get into that 5% out of 100), you will see the night sky. So, give it a try!
From the facts, a sapphire called the “Black Star of Queensland” was accidentally found in 1938 in Australia (it was 1000 carats). After processing (after 10 years) it lost 400 carats. The cutting updated it, and it gained worldwide popularity. In 1949 it was valued at $1 million, and in the 21st century it was already worth $100 million.
Diamond
The name itself speaks of expensive pleasure and luxury. Diamond is the hardest stone. The highest quality is found only in Israel, Belgium and Italy. It is clear that only rich people can afford to buy it.
The owner of a diamond experiences improved hearing, sleep, and neutralization from nervous disorders. Diamond black stone helps to cope with bad habits and fights inflammation in the body.
Spinel
Spinel is a rather rare and unique stone. It has a healing effect on the musculoskeletal system. If you grind the rock into a powder, you can use it in this form as an anti-inflammatory agent and use it to heal wounds. Hypertensive patients should be wary of spinel, as it can raise blood pressure.
Opal
The luxury and value of this mineral is that some of its types come with incredibly beautiful tints and bright shine. It is clear that the stronger the overflow, the more expensive the stone. Jewelers love it, even though it is soft.
If you wear opal every day, depression will go away, nervous diseases and stress will go away. It may improve vision.
Diamond
Black diamonds are rare in nature. And if there are, then they are divided into 2 types:
- carbonado
- pique diamonds.
Carbonados have a coherent structure with many tiny diamonds. Not every jeweler (even an experienced one) will agree to work with such a “problem” diamond, since it is very fragile and difficult to polish. It scores 10 out of 10 on the Mohs hardness scale.
Pique diamonds are whole minerals containing inclusions of various impurities inside. Masters may still agree to work with them. They are harder in composition and it is not so difficult to achieve shine from them. Only here only uniformly colored stones undergo cutting.
Interestingly, the most expensive self-made black diamond costs 490 carats and $1.7 million.
Morion, steeped in myths
Its structure is actually an opaque stone from the quartz family. These stones are very similar to obsidian, and they are easy to confuse with each other, as they are characterized by slight translucency. In appearance, it looks like petrified resin, which is why it is popularly called tar. It is believed to bring power, and therefore its history is rich in all sorts of uses in satanic and religious rituals. Morion is considered the stone of lords, magicians and wizards. Despite this background, the stone is often used as a guardian talisman.
Choosing a stone and using it in life
Black itself is the color of negation. This means that by choosing such a shade a person wants to show his conservative (strict) attitude or wants to draw attention to the very essence. Color expresses flamboyance and elegance.
In nature, black jewelry stones are distinguished by their depth and richness. Some varieties of gems (onyx, jasper) are used in wall mosaics and panels.
For women
Black gems in any frame will decorate any woman. They will emphasize the individuality and zest of any young lady, girl, woman of respectable age and stately business woman. More elegant jewelry models are worth a look for sophisticated and young ladies.
Older women can choose massive jewelry in the form of earrings, rings, and bracelets. When choosing crystals, it is still important to think about where, when, with what and at what time you should wear the jewelry.
For men
Stylists recommend that young men use rings, tie clips, cufflinks, and bracelets in their everyday looks. Black shades are chosen by people inclined to the informal subculture or people occupying high positions.
The cost of jewelry with gems varies differently. It depends on the rarity, properties and other details. Sometimes nothing even depends on weight as much as on value. Rings and earrings with black sapphire or pearls are not available to every citizen.
Black stones (as in the photo) are an excellent option for insecure people. In any case, they will be a great addition to any look (whether evening or daytime). Don't believe me? Try it!
Care
Rings with black minerals need to be cared for with care. Remove rings when washing your hands and dishes, protect from overheating and strong impacts, remove rings when using hand cream. Store separately from other jewelry so that they do not get scratched. Clean your jewelry once a year. You can treat the surface of the jewelry with alcohol, thus degreasing them, and also clean the places where the stone connects to the setting, because a lot of dirt collects there. After cleaning, your ring will shine with renewed vigor.
A ring with a black gem will always be an excellent gift for family and friends. Such jewelry is chic, sophisticated and is a luxury item. They conceal magic, bring good luck, wealth, and self-confidence.
Photo of black stones
Favorable time to buy
In order to “tame” hematite as quickly as possible, you need to buy it on the most favorable days, when the stone shows minimal magical potential.
The best moment is the 17th lunar day.
It is also not recommended to start wearing bloodstone immediately after purchase (this will be of little use). It is necessary for the next two weeks, or more precisely, up to 3 lunar days, to take the stone in your hands every day and charge it with your warmth. Only in this case will a strong energetic connection be built between hematite and its owner.
Pink diamond: $1.19 million per carat
Slightly more expensive than the average ruby. Pink diamond is extremely rare. There are stones with defects (slightly cheaper), there are also genuine nuggets that cost tens of millions of dollars.
However, there is only one pink diamond that is considered flawless. They call him Pink Star. The stone was sold at auction in Hong Kong for more than $70 million.
Pink Star Pink Diamond
Jadeite (imperial)
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Jadeite (imperial) is a green mineral that has long held the status of one of the most mysterious stones on our planet. Today, its main sources are in China, Upper Myanmar, Japan, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Guatemala and the USA. The approximate cost of a carat of high quality jadeite on the world market is 20 thousand dollars.
Padparadscha
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Padparadscha (Tamil for "sunrise color") are pinkish-orange sapphires that were historically mined in Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Madakascar. Nowadays in Sri Lanka there is practically no padparadscha left in its natural form and it is obtained by heating the corundum mineral in a furnace to the desired condition. The last classic (i.e. unheated) padparadscha weighing 1.65 carats was sold in Sri Lanka about 20 years ago for $18,000. Now padparadscha weighing over five carats is considered collectible and can be valued at up to 30 thousand dollars for each carat of weight.
Grandidierite
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Grandidierite is a rare greenish-blue, greenish-blue or bluish-green mineral, the first specimen of which was discovered in Sri Lanka. At the beginning of the twentieth century, it was described by the French explorer Alfred Grandidier, who was engaged in the study of Madagascar, on the territory of which the bulk of these minerals are still mined today. Faceted grandidierites today exist in extremely limited quantities - about two dozen. The approximate cost of the unique mineral is more than 30 thousand dollars per carat.
Bixbit
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Bixbite is a rare variety of red beryl, known only to a few collectors until recently. It is mined exclusively in the American states of Utah (Waho-Waho Mountains) and New Mexico. It is extremely difficult to purchase high-quality red beryl, and the price for a stone weighing about 1 carat is more than 10-12 thousand US dollars. Determining the average cost of this mineral is quite difficult due to the small number of high-quality stones offered for sale.
