Amethyst

Third eye Chakra Stone

Enhances peace of mind, relaxes and self-discovery. Brings courage and inner strength. Weakens any resistance to helping oneself, particularly as concerns self-awareness. Diminishes addictive tendencies and assists in recovery from addictions. Third eye / crown chakra stone.

Bestows stability, strength, invigoration, and peace. A stone of meditation: Heart, stomach, skin, teeth, insomnia, headaches, arthritis, and mental disorders. Stone of Spirituality & Contentment.

Amethyst is a violet or purple variety of quartz often used as an ornament. The name comes from the Greek a ("not") and methuskein ("to intoxicate"), a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness; the ancient Greeks and Romans wore amethyst and made drinking vessels of it in the belief that it would prevent intoxication.

Amethyst was used as a gemstone by the ancient Egyptians and was largely employed in antiquity for intaglios. Beads of amethyst are found in Anglo-Saxon graves in England. It is a widely distributed mineral, but fine, clear specimens that are suitable for cutting as ornamental stones are confined to comparatively few localities. Such crystals occur either in the cavities of mineral-veins and in granitic rocks, or as a lining in agate geodes. A huge geode, or "amethyst-grotto," from near Santa Cruz in southern Brazil was exhibited at the Düsseldorf Exhibition of 1902. Many of the hollow agates of Brazil and Uruguay contain a crop of amethyst crystals in the interior. Much fine amethyst comes from Russia, especially from near Mursinka in the Ekaterinburg district, where it occurs in drusy cavities in granitic rocks. Many localities in India yield amethyst; and it is found also in Sri Lanka, chiefly as pebbles.