The violet, purple to almost pink variety of quartz, most highly prized variety of quartz. It is composed primarily of silica (SiO2) On the Moh’s scale a 7.0. The violet color is caused by trace amounts of ferric iron.  the finest amethysts come (in great quantities) from Brazil and neighboring Uruguay, from the United States, Madagascar, and the Soviet Union, India, Australia, South Africa, and many other countries. The light lavender variety, called "Cape Amethyst", is rapidly gaining popularity. Also called “Lavender Quartz”. 

Chevron Amethyst is banded with various colors of lavender/purple.  One of the finest third eye stones.  Good for all chakra work; gain knowledge in arts of spiritual healing.  Headaches, lungs, intestines, pancreas, lungs, liver, thymus, eyes.

Sage Amethyst is a mixture of earthtones mixed with feathery black matrix. pale purples, speckled pinks, striped creams, and shimmering blacks.  The healing properties are more similar the agates (moss) and smoky quartz.

Calms the mind, enhances mental activity and lends strength and will power to control passions and break undesirable habits.

Physical: Balances metabolism, stimulates tissue regeneration and increases the production of red corpuscles. May be used to treat disorders of blood sugar levels and lapses in the immune system.

Emotional: Amplifies thought, increases intuition and integrates emotional, mental and spiritual bodies to function as a single unit.

Mystical properties:

• Stone of peace -- vibrates to the number 3, which is about joy and creativity.  Spirituality, contentment; balances energies of intellectual, emotional, and physical; clears aura;  stability, strength, invigoration, meditation; crown chakra;  warm and cuddly as well as regal and ruling; common sense; flexibility in decisions; soothing, calming; business to prosper;
• Works with the violet color ray. helps to calm the mind and enhance psychic abilities. helps recognize the truth in yourself and others. leads to increased intuition and mental flexibility. brings an increased awareness of our dreams.
• The Greeks named the stone amethyst meaning "without drunkenness" also known as the ‘sobriety stone”, helps break bad habits. The Greeks used constantly to protect themselves from overindulgence with food and drink. helps with spiritual awareness, dreaming, dispels nightmares.  Freedom from addictive personalites (oneself or another)
• Helps repel negativity and provides some protection. breaks up old emotional thought processes and assists psychic opening in a grounding manner. Works on head chakras for intuitive and spiritual insight, alleviates mental stress.
• Encourages the opening of intuition, but will also allow the possibility of change. Become open to the possibilities that surround us! Some like to use the energetic qualities of Amethyst to increase self-worth and spiritual peace.
• Use for connecting with spirit guides and angels, great for meditation. Some like to place an amethyst point on the third eye to focus the energy
• Beneficial when dealing with legal problems, and money issues. protection for travelers. Useful in debating
• Emotionally, can help heal personal losses and grief. has a gently sedative energy that promotes peacefulness, happiness, and contentment.
• Increase spirituality and enhance intuition and psychic powers of all kinds, by making a clear connection between the earth plane and other planes and worlds. excellent for meditation and lucid dreaming. protects one from thieves, and protects travelers.

Physical healing:

• Reducing withdrawal symptoms of all kinds, blood sugar imbalances, depression, left brain imbalances, headaches, arthritis, insomnia, nightmares, other sleep disorders, ADD/ADHD, generalized anxiety, mania, ear aches, pain relief, circulatory system issues, endocrine system problems, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, immune system deficiencies

History
Hebrew High Priests wore amethysts on their breastplate, calling it "Ahlamah" and believed it to possess the power to induce visions or dreams. They thought it helped Wednesday born children.

Western Astrology associates Amethyst with Aquarius. To Eastern Astrology it is considered a secondary gem of Saturn (ruling Capricorn and Aquarius) with Sapphire being the preferred stone. Jewelers assign it to the February Birthstone.

In the Bible, Revelations 9-21 refers to Amethyst as the 12th layer or the temple, thought to refer to the 12 apostles. This 12th stone is thought to induce constant thoughts of heaven.

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