Where does onyx come from?
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Most multi-colored raw onyx is found in Brazil, but it can be found worldwide in places such as Italy, US, and Mexico (although Mexican Onyx isn't an Onyx, but usually either a Calcite or an Agate). Onyx may be brown, white, grey, or black, although the color most commonly associated with onyx is black. The name onyx comes from the Greek word for fingernail. Mythology states that Cupid cut the fingernails from Venus with an arrowhead while she was sleeping. The fates then turned the scattered clippings on the ground into stone so that no part of the goddess would ever perish. The reddish brown and white version of onyx known as sard onyx was highly valued in Rome, in particular for seals because it was said onyx would not stick to the wax. Sard onyx was also used as protection against incantations and sorcery. Mexican Onyx (white and brown) is believed to aid in sleeping. Some spiritualists believe that black onyx can help to change habits. It can help with objective thinking, spiritual inspiration, and the control of emotions and passions, which helps the wearer move beyond bad relationships and old hurts. Some claim onyx can help physical ailments such as hearing problems, heart trouble, and ulcers. Onyx is also believed to improve concentration and devotion. It may be for this reason that it is often used in rosaries.
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I don't know where Malvec and Selene are, but the human race is from Earth, and we began our existence in Africa.
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umm i am not sure....lol...i thin he was born in papa-lapa-KING-KONG its right outside of nver land i think lol
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Yeah there is a lot of debate on where it originally came from. This is all I could really find:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aids#Origin_of_HIV\n\n(I can't believe that person copy and pasted the whole article from Wikipedia!! lol)
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Where it started.  In England
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Koronis family\n\ntrue- The family was originally created in a collision between two large asteroids, experts generally agree.
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The Peach (Prunus persica) is a tree native to China.\n\nThe scientific name persica derives from an early European belief that peaches were native to Persia (now Iran). The modern botanical consensus is that they originate in China, and were introduced to Persia and the Mediterranean region along the Silk Road in early historical times, probably by about 2000 BC.
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Here is a pretty web site for you to look into to get your answer: http://ancienthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=ancienthistory&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hoocher.com%2Fcatullus.htm
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opal and onyx share both colouration, smokey quartz polished also shines in a light greyish hue.
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the numbdefinitionsix comes from a gematria \nfor the deffintion of gematria look under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gematria \n\nthe holly name for G-d that is spelled yud hay vav hay has the gematria of 26
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Actually, it was the fruit. It originated in China and worked its way around the world until it was introduced in Europe, where its name was derived from the Persian word for the fruit. The town of Orange in France was also named for the fruit and the color was derived from the color of the skin.
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Where on earth do you get them from?  You have me splittingmy sides here lol
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It's probably from Aesop's Fables. That's where most quotes like that come from.
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what  is he or she from?
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Are you asking "Where do platinum wires come from?" or "In the future, where will we get the platinum to make platinum wires?"
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Since 600 BC, Greeks used the name Persis for Persia / Iran. Persis was taken from Old Persian Pars or Parsa - the name of Cyrus's main clan that gave its name also to the region where the Persians lived (modern day province called Fars). Persian people likewise used the name of Younaan (instead of Hellas) for Greece. "Younan" in fact is taken from the name of Ionia, in the south-east of Greece.\n\nIn Latin, the name for the land was Persia. The name "Persia" until 1935 was the "official" name of Iran in the world, but Persian people inside their country since the Sassanian period have called it "Iran" meaning "the land of Aryans", the older version of which had been "Aryanam" as seen in ancient Iranian texts. They also used "Parsa" in the Achaemenids period.
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Probably the Romans, or someone in Europe in soon after them. It may have started as something like 'Hola' or something and evolved and took an Enlgish prononciation.