Birthstone: February
Variety: Quartz
Chemical Composition: Silica (Silicon Dioxide)
Hardness: 7
Specific Gravity: 2.66
Refractive Index: 1.544-1.553
Color: light pinkish violet to a deep purple
Where Found: Found in abundance in Mina Gerais in Brazil. South Korea, Austria, Russia. The largest Amethyst mine in North America is in Ontario. Many regions of US mine as well, in Arizona, Texas, North Carolina, and Maine.

Amethyst Folklore

The greek word ‘Amethystos’ is translated to ‘not drunken,’ so many believed Amethyst gems could prevent intoxication. Medieval European soldiers wore amethysts to protect themselves during battle and to keep themselves cool-headed.

Ellie's Take On Amethyst

Amethyst’s amazing purple color is comprised of the warmest hue in the spectrum, Red, and the coolest, Blue. It is readily available in very small as well as very large sizes. Although it comes is a wide range of tones from the pale and pinkish to dark,rich and velvety, matching suites of stones are in good supply at reasonable prices. Amethyst lends itself to many styles and works well with both white metals and yellow metals, and as such it looks great on everyone and both cool and warm wardrobe color palettes.