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Amethyst

Amethyst comprises the purple and violet varieties of the large family of quartz minerals. Although Amethyst is always violet in hue, the range of colour is very wide and can vary from nearly colourless with a faint mauve tint to a glorious deep purple.

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Amethyst                                     Quartz                                             7.0

Range from nearly colourless with a faint mauve tint to a glorious deep purple

  • Amethyst is the birthstone for February
  • Amethyst is the Zodiac stone for Pisces
  • Amethyst jewellery is often given as a 6th Wedding Anniversary gift
  • The name is said to derive from the Greek word ‘amethystos,’ which loosely translates as ‘not drunken’. It was believed that wearing Amethyst would prevent you from suffering  the adverse effects of excessive alcohol consumption - so, in order to prevent intoxication, drinks were often drunk from Amethyst-encrusted goblets.

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