Amethyst is a versatile and beautiful stone with a wide array of benefits, from reducing stress to enhancing spiritual growth Known for its calming and protective properties, amethyst is widely used ...

Dealers prefer strongly saturated reddish purple to dark purple, as long as the stone is not so dark that it reduces brightness. If the color is too dark, an amethyst might look black under dim ...

An inscription on the center stone is a South Arabian script from the 8th century ... Because of its wine-like color, early Greek legends associated amethyst with Dionysus, the god of wine and ...

Made from smooth stone, intricately carved busts of African figures stand on a mantelpiece in a gallery in the north of ...