Amethyst, the magical gemstone that
will bring lot of happiness in your life
Physical Features:Chemical | SiO2 | Color | Purple, violet, pale red-violet |
Crystal Habit | Hexagonal Prismatic |
Crystal System | Trigonal |
Cleavage | None |
Fracture | Conchoidal |
Hardness | 7 Mohs scale |
Luster | Vitreous |
Streak | White |
Transparency | Transparent to translucent |
Specific gravity | 2.65 |
Refractive index | 1.544 - 1.553 |
Birefringence | 0.009 |
The study of
achieving future predications based of respective positions of celestial bodies
is termed as astrology. Since way back, astrological studies have played
immense role in providing better structure to human life. Getting in typical
situations every then and now is considered very obvious as life being a mixed
bag contains ample of joy and sorrow. Astrology serves as a medium for
transforming uncertain phases of life into interesting ones. Every generation
has been served with some great astrologers who have provided people with some
true predications which have changed the entire structure of living.
Gemstones
connect future predications based on astrological beliefs with human beings. There
are so many gemstones in the world that are considered as precious stone such
as ruby, diamond, sapphire or emerald etc. Then there are semi precious gems
including amethyst as well. Amethyst is a commonly known gen which holds great
powers to enrich human life. In olden times, warrior use to wear this gemstone
because they use to think that this gemstone will help them in the battle and
it will keep them cool headed. This gemstone is studded in necklace or ring, so
you can wear them as per your choice. Here are benefits of wearing amethyst
which are listed below:
Healing
wound: People who
have diabetes their skin become very sensitive which leads to skin damage.
Far-infrared radiation helps to repair the skin tissue. If skin damage has been
occurred by reconstructive surgeries then this gemstone can also heal that.
Helps in
blood circulation: Far
infrared radiation also helps in blood circulation. Therefore, scientists
believe that amethyst helps to improve the circulation of blood. It will help
in proper circulation of blood throughout your body that will help in proving
much better benefits.
Prevent
bacteria growth: According
to the scientist far-infrared radiation stops the growth of bacteria. There is
lot of bacteria that adversely affects your health so in such situation people
can prefer wearing amethyst gemstone. Since, it is easily available in market
so you need not have to worry as you can wear them in form of bracelets, rings
and many more.
Helps to
remove aerosol: Amethyst
gem helps in minimizing aerosol content from both body and the surroundings,
making living conditions better and hygienic.
Help to
remove respiratory problems: Respiration
is one of those needs which make human life possible. The gemstone amethyst
therefore plays very crucial role as it cures respiratory disorders and
provides comfort to life.
Gives
support to the sleep: Providing
peace and calm to human mind is also a celebrating benefit of amethyst. This
helps in getting comfortable sleep and prepares positive insights for daily
activities.
About Amethyst
Amethyst is
basically a purple color of quartz and considered as most popular purple gem of
all time. This gemstone is used to get cabochons, beads, tumbled stones,
faceted stones and more.
Mosh hardness
of the amethyst is 7 and it does not get break even by a cleavage. This gem is
considered very ideal as well as durable even for the use of bracelets,
pendants, rings, earrings and many more other types of jewelry. Best part of
this gemstone is that it is available at very cheap rate and anyone can easily
afford it.
Amethyst
color
Many people
get attracted towards this gemstone because of its attractive purple color and
its attractive color is also a main reason of its high popularity. Word
amethyst is also known as the name of colors as well as name of gemstone.
Many people
think that amethyst is available in only dark purple color gem but actually it
is available in various purple shades. Purple color in the gemstone can be very
light i.e. barely perceptible or can be very dark that it can be nearly opaque.
Color of the gemstone can be violetish purple, purple, reddish purple etc.
Today most of the light color amethyst cut down in a very tiny calibrated
stones, so that it can be use in the jewelry. Reddish purple amethyst is
considered very premium and that's why it is mostly used in designer as well as
high end jewelry. This gemstone has a great attractive color and because of
its durability as well as affordability it is not a surprise that amethyst is
known as a favorite gem of the jewelers, artisans, consumers as well as
craftsmen.
About
Amethyst color zoning
Amethyst
gemstone or you can say crystal grow at slow speed. Water composition from
which these stones grow can alter over time. As the water composition gets
change it result into the difference in iron amount into gem surface. Later on,
when minerals emit the radiation to the surrounding or near by rocks then it
will modify iron and result into the formation or generation of purple color.
This can also result into the various color intensity zone over the crystal.
Itis found in many colors ranging from violet to pale violet and pale red. There
are many places where you can find this gemstone some of the famous countries
are:
Africa
Brazil
Australia
South America
Russia
Uruguay
Remove
Shani problem with help of amethyst gemstone
Shani is also
known as Saturn and plays very important role in the vedic astrology. It is the
most beautiful planet out of all and have three rings and many satellites. It
is the largest plant due to which it takes about 30 years to revolve around the
sun. Meanwhile, in this process it takes 2.5 years to move from one zodiac sign
to another. Since, shani is the ruling planet of sign Capricorn and Aquarius,
so people of this zodiac sign can wear amethyst gemstone to get number of
benefits. This gemstone has many spiritual powers and healing effects that help
in lowering down the stress, tension and many such problems along with this, it
will also reduce the effects of Shani. It is nugget that helps in radiating the
energy and keeps negative powers away and brings positivity in your life. It
helps in enhancing your goodwill and reputation due to which you will get
number of benefits in your life.
Lord Shani is
very famous for its aggression anddestructive nature, along with this; they are
well known for justice and help in giving results as per your deeds. So, if you
will keep Shani impressed then they will make you rich, bring lot of happiness
in your life and also help in making you reach top of this world. Overall, it
can take you from rags to riches and make you reach at such position that you
never thought off.
For whom
amethyst is beneficial
Amethyst
gemstone is found quite beneficial for people like astrologers, mathematics,
scientist, research scholars, physicians and many more. This gemstone has some
magical powers in it that helps in enhancing their calculation power and makes
them more intelligent. People who are born with zodiac sign such as Capricorn, Taurus,
Gemini, and Aquarius can also wear this gemstone. Along with them, people who have
their birth date like 3, 8 and 4 can also wear this gemstone. This gemstone
will help in enhancing your financial position, love related fortune, comfort,
luxuries and many more.
Metaphysical properties
of the amethyst
Amethyst is considered as
a calming Stone and it is long been considered as a gemstone that help the
person to overcome from the addiction as well as protect the person to stay
away from drinking of alcohol or any other harmful substance. If you wear the
amethyst then it can heighten the chastity, helps the person to control their
thoughts as well as bring sobernity. There are various abilities of this
gemstone that makes it special such as
Use of
gemstone will evoke the energies of the stability
It can bring
the peace in life and person can also able to achieve inner mind peace and
more.
It can bring
the balance in life and also strengthen the inner willingness of the
person
It will bring
the courage in life and increase the determination power of the person
This gemstone can also
show some healing properties and it is highly used as alternative source for
aiding of medical conditions such as insomnia, hearing disorders, headaches as
well as problem with the lungs and heart. It can also help in the alignment of
the chakras in the person body.
Evaluate the cut of
amethyst
In order to maximize the
beauty of gemstone more it is often cut into the proper shape. In order to get
the crystal eye clean with very minimal or as no zoning, faceting plays an
important role. Main aim of the faceting is to get or enable the gemstone to
reflect or shine as bright as like the light.
Depending on the color
distribution as well as size of stone any type of cut can be possible such as
cushion, oval, marquise, triangle or emerald.
For the highly included
gemstone that has prominent zoning it is best for you to polish it with
cabochons is very ideal. Anything that is considered as a flaw such as
inclusions or zoning are used as an advantage in the cut.
Amethyst stems from the Greek word ‘amethyein’, meaning the condition of
non-drunkenness. Greeks used to use Amethyst as a protection against
homesickness, black magic, drunkenness and devils. Moreover, in India, Buddhist
used Amethyst to develop concentration during mediation. So overall, it is used
for many treatment purposes.
One of the very famous uses of Amethyst is that it
reduces the headaches and migraines. Amethyst prevents an individual from crimes
such as theft and burglary.
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In the nineteenth century, Amethyst’s colour was certified to the existence of Manganese.
Some authorities believed that its colour is from a raw source.
World’s largest Amethyst vein is Maissau. It is from Lower Austria. But finest Amethyst
comes from Mursinka in the district Ekaterinburg of Russia. Many places in the South
India yields Amethyst. Zambia is the largest producer of Amethyst in the Africa
continental. Their annual production is around thousand tones.
United States is also the producer of Amethyst. Some places are Arizona, Colorado,
Texas, Pennsylvania, and Michigan etc. Thunder Bay in Ontario is the largest Amethyst
mine in Northern America. Amethyst also found in the South Korea.
Personality of regular users of Amethyst is very charming and attractive for
other people, and if it is pointed toward the head of an individual, it
increases his confidence. This stone is compatible with Pisces. |
It should not be kept in sunlight and should be washed with running water once in
a month. It is found in Brazil, Morocow, Mexico, and Western Australia and
its color ranges from dark to light violet.
Price of Amethyst depends on its color. Price increases from Very light color to
very deep color of the Gem. If color of the Gem is very light then the price
will be Rs 70/- per Carat. If the color is good then the price
starts from Rs 100/- per Carat.
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There are excellent cutting available for Amethyst in very cheap price. Good
quality (Good color and excellent cut) Amethyst is available from Rs
150/- per Carat. |
But wearing natural , clear and good cut stones gives good effect in life.
Natural gem is something that was found in a mine and thousands of years old and
not artificially factory made.
Amethyst is recommended to be purchased not less than 4 Carat
and not more than 12 carat. More or less can create bad effect
on the person wearing it.
1 Gram = 8 Ratti = 4.8 Carat and 1 Ratti = 0.6 Carat
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Be aware of artificially prepared colored stone. 80% gems
available are not natural stone. This is indeed a big problem in the market now.
As Amethyst is a cheap gem stone compared to others so chances of being
artificial is little less. |