Amethyst has the ability TO develop intelligence, calm emotions, improve intuition, help thinking, focus mindfulness, increase memory ability, enhance interpersonal relationships, and give people courage and strength.
On behalf of Gao Jie’s steadfast love, often used as a stone for lovers.
Amethyst also represents the “guardian stone of love” in Western countries, which can give lovers and couples deep love, chastity, honesty and courage.
Purple is one of the rarest colors in nature and has long been considered the color of royalty. Therefore, amethyst was chosen to be inlaid in many crowns of European royal families.
Both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth of England were fond of amethyst.
The Greek word for amethyst means: It won’t make you drunk.
It is believed that amethyst can be worn to enjoy the sweetness of wine without experiencing the pain of drunkenness.
Hence the medieval custom of turning amethyst into wine glasses, which, whether or not it actually prevented drunkenness, certainly added to the enjoyment of tasting.
The ancient Romans, following the Greek legend, also liked to wear amethyst rings to avoid getting drunk.
Amethyst is also one of the church’s favorite stones, considered the bishop’s gem.
The bishops wore rings set with amethyst stones, symbolizing dignity and purity of mind.
Amethyst is a form of Crystal that has a hazy, psychedelic purple color due to manganese in the crystal.
It includes various shades of purple in concentrations from light lilac to dark violet.
Generally speaking, deep purple is more popular because of the feeling of special mystery. The thicker the color, the more expensive it is. The most valuable amethyst even shows a strong purple with red tone, but it is very rare.
The light-colored amethyst, also known as the Rose of France, is popular with young people.
Therefore, some merchants cater to younger buyers by simply heating the medium concentration of amethyst to reduce the color of the amethyst.
But in fact, if the amethyst is exposed to strong sunlight or high temperature for a long time, the color of the crystal will become lighter. When it is put into water, the color will increase by itself, but it will not return to its original concentration.
Amethyst is produced in Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, Argentina, Zambia and Namibia.
Amethyst granules produced in South America are larger and high clarity, while amethyst granules produced in some areas of Africa are small but the color is more colorful, both of which have their own characteristics, it is difficult to choose.
Before the new shipping routes were opened up, it was difficult for Europeans to obtain beautiful amethyst. In addition, the royal family loved amethyst and the public followed the trend. The price of amethyst was once extremely expensive and surpassed that of diamonds.
It was not until new deposits of amethyst were discovered in South America that its price fell.
Identify the true and false color of amethyst: Although it is amethyst, the natural purple of amethyst ranges from the lightest and lightest mauve to a very strong black purple.
Often ON THE DIFFERENT BEADS OF A STRING of amethyst BRACELET it IS EVEN THE purple THAT APPEARS ON THE same BEAD UNEVEN SHADE, CHANGEOVER, VERY BEAUTIFUL.
And synthetic amethyst color is basically the same, very uniform.
Of course, it is not excluded that natural amethyst can also be very uniform in color, and the following will be judged by other evidence.
Ribbon: Natural amethysts tend to have ribbons, while synthetic amethysts do not.
Natural crystal bracelet, very transparent, few cracks, but you can see the obvious ribbon.
Some MM very like this natural ribbon oh, this is a very beautiful amethyst of a natural feature.
Above is the synthetic crystal, the color is very uniform and single, lack of spirit.
Please pay attention to the color comparison!
Inclusions: Like other crystals, amethysts often contain various fissure, cotton, or other mineral inclusions.
Synthetic crystals often have bubbles in them.
If you don’t know what bubbles look like, please pick up the glass in your hand, which often contains bubbles.
Note: If you look closely, you will notice that the bubble is not a single circle, but two concentric circles.
