| Amethysts can be found in all shades of purple, | | | | amethyst specimens are called "Bahain." Pale |
| lilac and mauve. Amethysts from Veracruz, | | | | amethyst gem stones are called "Rose of France." |
| Eastern Mexico, tend to be very pale. Amethysts | | | | Amethysts are actually a type of purple colored |
| from Guerrero, South-Central Mexico, tends to be | | | | quartz. The natural abundance of these purple |
| very brightly colored. Amethysts are also found in | | | | colored quartz, the amethyst, have made it the |
| India, Brazil, Uruguay, Madagascar, United States, | | | | most widely used of all gem minerals. It is found |
| Soviet Union, Australia, South Africa and Sri Lanka. | | | | in the form of six sided crystals or in igneous, |
| The color of an amethyst is very unstable and | | | | geodes and metamorphic rocks, particularly |
| can diminish with protracted exposure to sunlight. | | | | granite and gneiss "a high grade metamorphic |
| Pale amethyst gem stones may be set in a | | | | rock." Amethysts have a hardness rating of 7. |
| closed setting with a backing of foil to enhance it's | | | | The physical properties of amethyst vary greatly |
| color. The purple color of the amethyst gem | | | | from one location to another. Experts can tell |
| stone actually comes from iron impurities within. | | | | where an amethyst is from just by looking at it. |
| Deep rich purple colors in an amethyst are the | | | | Were you or someone you know born in |
| most valuable kind. | | | | February? Do you just like the color violet? Are |
| Amethysts are graded, with the best-quality, the | | | | you or is someone you know having a 6th or |
| darkest specimens called "Siberian," regardless of | | | | 33rd Anniversary? Did you know amethysts |
| where they are from. Mid quality amethyst gem | | | | represent 6th and 33rd anniversaries? Indeed, the |
| stones are "Uruguayan" while lesser quality | | | | amethyst is the perfect gift! |