About the product:

💎 Mineral Type: Amethyst

🌍 ⛏️ Origin: Made in Brazil

📐 Dimensions: 17 x 17 x 17 millimeters

⚖️ Weight: 9.2 grams

✨ Colors/Clarity: Very good

🪄 Finish: Polished

🔬 Treatment: None

📜 Certificate: Gem & Zen

🎁 Ideal for giving as a gift or treating yourself!

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📋 Fact sheet:

Property	Amethyst

Color

Pale to deep purple (sometimes zoned)

Chemical formula

SiO₂ (silicon dioxide, variety of quartz)

Crystal system

Trigonal

Cleavage / fracture

No conchoidal cleavage/fracture

Hardness (Mohs)

7

Density

2.65 g/cm³

Shine

Glassmaker

Main deposits

Brazil, Uruguay, Madagascar, Russia, India, South Africa

Virtue / Properties

Calmness, serenity, wisdom, spirituality, purification, restful sleep

Astrological sign

Pisces, Aquarius, Sagittarius, Virgo

Purification

Clear water, fumigation (sage, incense), avoid strong sun (risk of discoloration)

Recharge

Full moon, quartz cluster, rock crystal geode

Short story / legend

Its name comes from the Greek amethystos (“not drunk”). In ancient times, it was worn to protect against drunkenness and to clarify the mind. It has long been considered a royal stone, featured in many sacred jewels and crowns.

📋 Mineralogical sheet:

Category	Information

Mineral name

Quartz

Chemical formula

SiO₂ (silicon dioxide)

Color

Colorless, white, pink (rose quartz), purple (amethyst), yellow (citrine), gray, black (morion)

Hardness (Mohs scale)

7

Crystal system

Hexagonal (trigonal)

Cleavage

No well-defined cleavage

Fracture

Conchoidal (smooth, shell-shaped fracture)

Glow

Glassy

Density

2.65 g/cm³

Transparency

Transparent to translucent

Optical properties

Weak birefringence, sometimes piezoelectricity

Main deposits

Brazil, Madagascar, United States, Switzerland, Russia

Uses / Properties

Jewelry, electronics (oscillators), decorative objects, lithotherapy

Special features / anecdotes

Widespread in the Earth's crust; often hexagonal crystals with prismatic faces