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Amazing Amethyst 

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Okay, I admit it...I think all rocks are amazing! They are beautiful and when you consider how old even the tiniest pebble is...it really is awe inspiring. Throughout history humankind has been enraptured by stones and minerals. People consider gol...

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Amethyst 

The colour of Amethyst is as unique as it is seductive, though in fact this gemstone of all gemstones is said to protect its wearer against seduction. Amethyst with it's extravagant violet has been a jewel coveted by princes both ecclesiastical and secular. Moses described it as a symbol of the Spirit of God and the Russian Empress Catherine the Great sent thousands of miners to look for it. Amethyst perhaps the most striking representative of the quartz family and one of the ten most popular colored gemstones in the world.

Placing an amethyst cluster in any room in your house is a great way to start letting the clean and clear life energy flow into your home.



An amethyst crystal point is often used in healing. An Amethyst point can channel energy. If you point it away it will draw energy off the body. If you point it inward it will channel energy inward.



Due to the cave like interior and many terminations geodes are capable of holding and amplifing energy within themselves.

Amethyst Pricing 

Amethyst as with all gems is graded by four qualities, also known as the four C's. The four C's are Color, Clarity, Cut and Carat.

Amethyst has the highest price when it has a deep dark purple. Lighter or discolored purples bring in cheaper prices. The most valuable amethyst comes from Russia with a deep dark purple.

What is the difference between real and fake Amethyst?

Amethyst can change into a yellow Citrine through a proccess of heating and Citrine can be changed into a purple Amethyst by irridation. Mostly Amethyst is used to create Citrine because Citrine is rarer and more costly.

Amethyst Buying Guide 

featured lens The Amethyst Buying Guide: a comprehensive guide on Amethyst gems

    Amethyst While Amethyst it’s self it quite common certain varieties of Amethyst are quite rare and valuable. The color purple is traditionally the color of royalty and amethyst has been used since the dawn of history to adorn the ric...

How can I sell my Amethyst. 

Their are several online venues where you can sell your amethyst finds. Perhaps the largest venue would be Ebay. Ebay is a great place to sell you amethyst in an auction setting to get the perfect price. Even if you don't know the value you can get the best price with out having to spend hours researching the cost to find out what it is worth.

Colors of Amethyst 

Amethyst can come in many colors, the most common being purple. Amethyst is availabe in the colors of red, pink, purple, blue, grey, black and even green.

Information on Amethyst's History 

Ancient civilizations prized Amethyst more than many gems which today we consider to be more valuable including Sapphires and the Rubys. Amethyst may have been even more valuable than diamonds in ancient egypt. In ancient times even Amethyst saw its place in the Christian church, worn by Bishops in their rings. There are even multiple Biblical references to the use of Amethyst. It is one of the twelve precious stones placed in the breastplate of the high priest Aaron.

Healing With Crystals 

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Our Ancient ancestors have used crystals and gemstones as a form of healing for thousands of years. Legends of Atlantis tell that crystals generated power for entire cities. Some Egyptologists suggest that the Egyptian pyramids were capped with crys...

Amethyst the Birthstone 

Amethyst is the birthstone for February for all you Pisces out their. Amethyst is also the gemstone associated with the 4th, 6th and 17th wedding anniversaries.

Where does Amethyst come from? 

The two main sources of amethyst are Brazil and Zambia

Brazil and Zambia are the two main sources of amethyst in the world. It is also found in Uruguay, Russia, Sri Lanka, Mexico, and the US state of Arizona.

How huge does Amethyst get? 

The National History Museum in London has one of the worlds largest cut amethyst weighing in at 343 carats and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington has a 400 pound uncut crystal.

Metaphysical and Healing properties of Amethyst 

Amethyst is said to open and activate the Crown Chakra as well as allowing easier access to the divine aiding in the development of intuition and psychic abilities. Many people want to know about the metaphysical powers of Amethyst. Amethyst enhances spiritual awareness promoting a higher state of consciousness which optimizes your meditative experiences. Many people use the metaphysical properties of Amethyst to work magic.

In ancient times It was said that an Amethyst could prevent the bearer from becoming drunk and also instills a sober and serious mind. Leonardo Da Vinci wrote that Amethyst was able to dissipate evil thoughts and quicken the intelligence. Amethyst is purple quartz and as such is often associated with the seven chakra the chakra of spirituality and is a meditative and calming stone. Amethyst works on the emotional, spiritual, and physical planes to provide calm, balance, patience, intuition and peace. Amethyst is strongly connected with the spiritual chakra so Amethyst is an excellent gem to increase spirituality, enhance intuition and gain psychic power. Amethyst is also a superb crystal for meditation and lucid dreaming. Amethyst is also known to open one's self to telepathy, past life regression, clairaudience, clairvoyance, and communication with angels.

Crystal Healing Methods 

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Crystals as alternative healing methods 

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I choose to do this Lens as another alternative healing method-crystals. There are so many different ways to use crystals, hopefully I can give some good examples of different ways to use them. I am going to give a brief explanation on Amethyst, Qua...

Amethyst Products 

Amethyst is available in a wide variety of fine products.

As jewelry Amethyst is used to make necklaces, chokers, bracelets, rings and earrings.

From natural raw crystal pendants to fine faceted gemstone set in jewelry.

Rough amethyst minerals are sought after by collectors.

Even small broken peices are tumbled into rounded chips that are drilled and used as beads to make chip strands.

Amethyst Gemstones 

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For the Lady who celebrates a Birthday in February or just loves Purple Jewelry! This gemstone is sure to make you feel like royalty, not to mention that it has been favored amongst kings and queens for thousands of years! Here is a great reason to go...

Amethyst jewelry 

featured lens White Gold Amethyst Jewelry - My Favourite Pieces

White gold amethyst jewelry is definitely among some of my favourite jewelry. With February just around the corner along with being my birth month, I decided to showcase some of my favourite amethyst pieces as well as bring you some facts and interes...

Amethyst 

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The amethyst is extravagance in violet. The gemstone amethyst has a beautiful purple color and because of its grandeur was the most commonly used jewelry embellishment by the kings and queens of the yesteryears.

Info 

Amethyst belongs to the quartz family of minerals and its chemical formula is SiO2. The color of amethyst is caused by minor Fe4+ in 10s to 100s parts per million range.

Streak: white
Class: tectosilicate
Crystal system: Hexagonal-R; 32
Transparency: transparent to translucent
Cleavage: none
Fracture: conchoidal
Specific gravity: 2.65
Hardness: 7 Moh
Luster: vitreous
Index of refraction: 1.54-1.55

Amethyst translations 

Below is the name for amethyst in multiple lanuguages around the world.

Amatista - Basque, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
Ametist - Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish and Wolof
Ametyst - Czech, Polish, Slovak and Danish
Ametiszt - Hungarian
Aimitis - Irish Gaelic
Amethystus - Latin
Ametistas - Lithuanian
Ametists - Latvian
Amethist - Dutch
Ametisto - Esperanto
Ametüst - Estonian
Ametisti - Finnish
Améthyste - French

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hempnecklace wrote...

And Thanks for adding your Lenses.

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ReplyPosted April 23, 2009

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hempnecklace wrote...

Thanks. I really like amethyst alot. I wear crystals for their metaphysical properties most of all.

I have a favorite channel that I listen to alot and really trust. When he mentioned how powerful Crystals are. I went through all my jewelry supplies looking for all the crystals I had. In especialy the ones he mentioned. Amethyst is one. It's a good spiritual stone and I'm really into spirituality. For awhile I was wearing alot. About as much as I comfotable could. I'm not to into wearing jewelry I was just wearing it for it's metaphysical properties.

Looking back that's right about the time I started a religious website.

HEHE

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ReplyPosted April 23, 2009

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WhiteOak50 wrote...

Thank you for sharing your group with me. I added two lenses. I love some of the pieces you have listed here. Amethyst has always been on of favorite gems, I have a small cluster that nestles on my altar with a goddess figure. I love the tea light candle holder above. Beautiful!

ReplyPosted April 20, 2009

 

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Amethyst has been prized for its beauty and its legendary energies for thousands of years. Neolithic people in Europe used it at least as early as 25,000 B.C., and in ancient Egypt it was made into beads and amulets. Early Greek and Roman societies placed high value on Amethyst, and it has long been viewed as a stone of royalty, utilized in crowns, scepters and the rings of bishops. Amethyst is said to have been the ninth stone in the breastplate of the high priest of Israel, and one of ten stones upon which the names of the tribes of Israel were engraved.

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ROBERT SIMMONS It is interesting to see how many of the spiritual properties attributed to Amethyst in past centuries are similar to those which have been intuitively discovered in recent years. Indeed it is appropriate to view Amethyst as a stone of spiritual protection and purification. It can be an aid to curbing overindulgence and giving up bad habits. It can be used to assist one in quitting smoking, drinking or drug use. It stimulates the crown chakra and is an aid to meditation, helping one to still one's thoughts and move into higher states of consciousness. It can clear one's energy field of negative influences and attachments, and can thereby facilitate the creation of an energetic 'shield'-a field of spiritual Light around the body that wards off the negativity in one's environment.

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