This is a beautiful Top Quality Deep Purple Amethyst from Turkey. It's measurements are 1.50" long and 1.25" wide. The weight of this beautiful crystal is 39.28 grams.
Amethyst is a member of the Quartz family so it has a hardness of 7 on the 1 to 10 scale. Amethyst has been prized for its alluring beauty and its legendary energies for thousands of years. I'm ancient Egypt it was made into beads and amulets. Early Roman and Greek societies placed an extremely high value on Amethyst, being viewed as a royal stone, utilized in rings, crowns and even scepters.
Amethyst comes from the word meaning "not drunken", the Ancient Greek myth of Bacchus and Diana. Amethyst is also the birthstone for the month of February.
