All About Amethyst

It has been said that quiet a lot of people haveamethyst can also be faceted into any of the
held the amethyst in a some what appeal, thisgem cutting styles that may be done in the
has been proven to be true all over the world.cabochon cut.
The amethyst gives off a color that shows aThese amethysts gem stones can be found
beautiful shades of different purple colors. Thesearound the world. One of the sources are said to
colors can be in a range from very dark purple,be in southeastern South America. There are
to a very light and wealthy shade of the colormany other places that amethyst are found, and
royal purple.one is in Zambia, this is an island in South Asia
These amethyst gem stones that are of purplethat is off the tip of South Eastern India in the
colors, have been around for thousands of yearsIndian Ocean.
and shows a sign of royalty. These purple colorsThere are many other places that are known to
of amethyst, have been quiet popular for manyproduce amethyst and they are Sri Lanka and the
years.United States. It has been said that Russia has
These purple amethyst gives off a measurablemined a very few amethyst, but they were of a
amount of transparency and a very strong color,fine quality.
they are much improved by there emit light ofI have read that these amethysts gems have to
burgundy. Amethyst, are very love able, andbe heated in order to bring out there best colors.
affordable stones. These amethysts, are aThe amethyst gem stones are so unstable that
variety of what are known as the quartz speciesthey have to be treated and heated, when this
and are lovely violet stones.process takes place these amethyst gemstones
The amethyst is said to be one of the hardestwill become more stable and will not require any
gemstones that there is, the amethyst has beenspecial handling.
said to resistant both scratching and breaking. The