The colours of the veins in these eggs and ball are absolutely beautiful and they are so tactile we can’t help picking them up.  Do you know, the myth of the origin of onyx says that the goddess Venus was resting on the banks of the Indus River. As she slept, Cupid used the point of one of his enchanted arrows to give her a manicure. The parings of her nails then fell into the waters of the sacred river. Since the nails were of heavenly origin, they sank to the river bottom and were metamorphosed into onyx.  How interesting is that and quite nice to bear that in mind when looking at these beautiful objects.  Of course, it is only a myth………………..!