Nox Stella Necklace

Dark Matter, Gold Light

A gold-plated box chain carries a sequence of matte Black Onyx spheres — deep, lightless, their surface absorbing rather than reflecting — separated by gold-plated barrel spacers that hold each stone at a precise interval. At each end of the bead cluster, a gold-plated star charm hangs freely: one textured and dense, one smooth and outlined. The same symbol, two different surfaces. The chain continues past both, thin and uninterrupted, as if the stars and stones are a moment within a longer thought.

• Elements: Natural Black Onyx beads, gold-plated stainless steel box chain, gold-plated barrel spacers, two gold-plated star charms
• Size: Adjustable
• Rarity: One piece
• Associations: Capricorn, Leo (Black Onyx)

Express your natural beauty with GAIA pieces, handcrafted with care in Egypt.

Roman women of senatorial rank wore black onyx cameos carved with the portraits of goddesses — Minerva, Diana, Juno — as personal seals and declarations of allegiance. The stone's resistance to scratching made it a material of permanence in a world where most things were temporary. To wear onyx was to align oneself with what does not yield (Higgins, R., Greek and Roman Jewellery, Methuen, 1961).