Amethyst Fine Polished Amethyst Sphere - Height: 11.7 cm...

This ball is different again from other amethyst balls. It is a light lavender form. So it is not pink amethyst or chevron amethyst or pure amethyst, but something else again. Not often seen. Amethyst is a violet variety of the mineral quartz and is the best-known stone in the quartz group. Brazil has important deposits of amethyst, which are mainly mined in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (with the city of Ametista do Sul as the leading producer) and, secondly, in Bahia. Brazil is the largest gemstone producer in the world. The name derives from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (amethustos). Amethyst was already known to the Egyptians, Etruscans, and Romans, and Pliny the Elder had described amethyst. In ancient China, small gems were carved from amethyst. In the Middle Ages, amethyst was also highly valued in Europe. It was called the bishop’s stone, because it was a favored gemstone for church dignitaries, and it was believed to possess magical powers.[source?] It was the symbol of lovers, the stone of temperance, protector against sorcery and witchcraft. In Jacob van Maerlant’s works, it is stated that the stone banishes drunkenness. It has been suggested that the Greek name means "against intoxication": wine drunk from a cup made of amethyst would not make one drunk. It will be sent insured to the maximum #historyofnature

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