

It can open the crown and the third eye making the stone suitable for people who want to start developing their intuition and spiritual skills. It also provides insight into feelings and can help to give certain experiences a place. It makes your mind clear and gives insight into your behavior and the choices you make. Amethyst beads work protective and purifying This is often deep, uniformly purple and is more expensive than the paler lavender colors. The best Amethyst comes for a large part from the Russian Urals. The designation 'Siberian' is used for any intense purple material, regardless of origin.

Beads of quartz have been found in caves in Israel that were inhabited five to six thousand years ago, imagine that!Īmethyst is found in all shades of purple, from light lavender (almost pink) to the sparkling, Siberian Amethyst that, when sharpened, sparkles with magenta highlights. Also the Egyptians, there they are again, the Etruscans and Romans were familiar with the Amethyst.Īmethyst is a quartz and therefore not only belongs to the largest group of gemstones but is also one of the most popular stones of its kind.

These are gems that carry an image and / or letters. Handy! Small gems were cut from Amethyst in ancient China. When wine is drunk from an Amethyst-made or a cup decorated with Amethyst beads one could not get drunk. An old superstition says that Amethyst beads protect the wearer from the effects of wine.
