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Nyoman Rena selects iridescent black pearls to create a gemstone rose. The lovely medallion centers a slender silver ring.

.925 Sterling silver

Like clouds impelled by a summer breeze, sterling silver embraces a sunny citrine. A cabochon amethyst nestles next to a the yellow gem. They center an ornate yet modern ring by Buana.

.925 Sterling silver

Life is a spiral that alternates between black and white, light and dark, making for the union of opposites. Balinese artisan Made Sri expresses this in a sterling silver ring bathed in 14 gold. It wraps a textured finish around the finger to culminate in white and black cubic zirconia.

Framed by intricate leaves of sterling silver, three onyx gemstones are black as midnight. Shivani Choudhary designs this elegant handcrafted cocktail ring from India.

Majestic black onyx leaves gracefully adorn this multi-stone ring. Designed by artisan Bertha Vera of Peru, the eye-catching ring is crafted from 950 silver.

Displayed side-by-side, a trio of oval onyx cabochons is black as midnight. Indian artisan Rakesh Rana creates this cocktail ring, framing each stone with rope and dot patterns in sterling silver.

Possessing a regal beauty, this cocktail ring from Bali is created by Made Sugi. She crafts this ring with intricate openwork swirl patterns of sterling silver, framing petite garnet gems that surround a cabochon of black onyx.

Ornate, lace-like sterling silver curls and silver granules surround three cabochons of jet-black onyx in this ring from Rakesh Rana in India. The setting gives the ring a vintage flavor. Darkly oxidized accents add to the look.

Colorful gems of powerful beauty are designed to align with their respective chakras in a ring from Alok Jain. Crafted of sterling silver, the ring is crowned with amethyst, iolite, citrine, peridot, garnet, blue topaz and carnelian set within a gentle curve. Their colors correspond to a specific chakra for clear and light purple stones are associated with the 7th chakra (awareness and wisdom); the purple, violet and indigo gems with the 6th chakra (insight and perception), and the blue or light blue with the 5th, that of communication and truth. Green and pink stones are for love and compassion, linked to the heart, on the 4th chakra. For inner power and will, the 3rd chakra is associated with yellow gems, whereas emotion and sexuality are linked to red and orange gems for the 2nd chakra. Black gems are used to stimulate the 1st chakra, that of stability and security.

In Sanskrit, chakra refers to an energy vortex through which vital universal forces are channeled, and there are believed to be seven in the human body. When all seven are aligned the person feels a healthy sense of well-being.

.925 Sterling silver.