Amethyst Fine Polished Amethyst Sphere - Height: 12.7 cm...

This ball is different again from other Amethyst spheres. 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 of the quartz family. Brazil has important deposits of amethyst, which are mainly mined from the state of Rio Grande do Sul (with the city Ametista do Sul as the main producer) and, secondly, in Bahia. Brazil is the largest gemstone producer in the world The name derives from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (amethystos). Amethyst was already known to the Egyptians, Etruscans and Romans, and Pliny the Elder described amethyst. In ancient China, small gems were cut from amethyst. In the Middle Ages, amethyst was also highly valued in Europe. It was called the bishop's stone, because it used to be a favored gemstone for church dignitaries, and it was said to possess magical powers.[source?] It was the symbol of lovers, the stone of temperance, protector against sorcery and witchcraft. In Jacob van Maerlant, the explanation can be found that the stone drives away drunkenness. It has been assumed that the Greek name means “against intoxication”: wine drunk from a cup made of amethyst would not make one drunk. It will be sent fully insured #historyofnature

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