Amethyst is an extremely powerful and protective Stone with high spiritual vibration. Amethyst has strong healing and cleansing powers, and enhances spiritual awareness. It vercomes addictions and blockages of all kinds. Amethyst is extremely beneficial to the mind, calming or stimulating. Mentally it helps you feel less scattered, more focused and in control of your faculties. This stone facilitates the decision making process, bringing in common sense and spiritual insights, and putting decision and insight into practise. It is helpful where insomnia is caused by an overactive mind and protects against recurrent nightmares. Amethyst enhances memory and improves motivation. It dispels anger, rage, fear and anxiety.
MOST COMMON ORIGIN: Brasil, Namibia, Zambia, Uruguay, Russia
CHEMICAL FORMULA & STRUCTURE: SiO2
Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz (SiO2), containing an impurity of iron, which gives the violet colour to the mineral. The hardness of the mineral is the same as quartz's, thus it is suitable for use in jewellery.
HARDNESS: 7
