Amethyst is a transparent, coarse-grained, purple variety of quartz and has
long been the most important quartz variety used in jewelry. Amethyst is the
most precious quartz mineral and comes in a few distinct colors.
Although it must always be purple to be amethyst, it can and does have a
wide range of purple shades including violet, purple, rose, lavender and
mauve. The pale colors are sometimes called "Rose de France" and can be
seen set in Victorian jewelry. The deep colors are the most valuable,
particularly a rich purple with rose flashes.
When it comes to value, the most valuable color is that of a deep purple with
tinges of violet. There are many gemstones that are similar in consistency to
Amethyst, one of them is Citrine. Citrine is discount Amethyst that is heated;
it turns yellow orange in color.
Cheap Amethyst can occur as long prismatic crystals that have a six sided
pyramid at either end or can form as druzes that are crystalline crusts that
only show the pointed terminations. As a mineral specimen, amethyst is
popular for its color and nice crystal shapes that produce a handsome, purple,
sparkling cluster. Its physical properties are those of quartz.
Handmade Amethyst can come in many sizes and while jewelry grade,
Amethyst is very rare, other types of Amethyst can be meters long. For
instance, Amethyst was founded in Mexico in 1900; it measured 33 feet, by 16
feet, by 10 feet and weighed over 8 tones. However, the largest jewelry grade
Amethyst stones found are usually about the size of a fist, some weighting
about 700 carats.
China Amethyst can be found all around the world, however the major
deposits of Amethyst are found in southern Brazil, Uruguay and Madagascar.
Amethyst found in Southern Brazil is usually light violet. Uruguay Amethyst is
the most beautiful, but can have blemishes. The Amethyst in Madagascar is
usually red in color. Amethyst is also found in parts of Germany and in Russia,
located by the Ural Mountains.
In Greek mythology, fashion Amethyst was created by the god Dionysius,
the god of intoxication. Dionysus was angered one day by an insult from a
mortal and swore revenge on the next mortal he encountered. After, creating
tigers to carry out his wish, unsuspecting Amethyst, a beautiful young maiden
on her way to pay tribute to the goddess Diana appeared. But Diana turned
Amethyst into a stature of pure crystalline quartz to protect her from Dionysus'
tigers. At the sight of the beautiful statue, Dionysus is said to have wept tears
of wine, staining the quartz purple and creating the gem amethyst.

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