Amethyst Gold Jewellery
Gold And Silver Jewellery Shop offers you top quality Amethyst Gold Jewellery including Gold Amethyst Earrings, Pendants, Rings and Bangles.
Amethyst gold jewellery is a very popular choice for many- amethyst is not only an exceptionally beautiful but also a very enduring gem due to its hardness (seven on the Mohs scale).
Amethyst is a February Birthstone and known as a stone of change, protection & enlightenment and is believed to attract good luck & love.
The word amethyst came from the Greek and means "without drunkenness" (a- ="not" and methustos="intoxicated").
The ancient legend tells that Bacchus, the God of Wine, grew angry at mortals. He vowed the next mortal that crossed his path would be eaten by tigers. At that time, a beautiful young maiden named Amethyst was on her way to worship the Goddess Diana. Diana, knowing of Bacchus vow, turned Amethyst into a statue of pure crystalline quartz to protect her from the brutal claws. Bacchus, witnessing the miracle, wept tears of wine in remorse for his action at the sight of the beautiful statue, staining her purple.
Amethyst was used as a gemstone since the Ancient Egyptians times. In antiquity the amethyst was deployed for intaglios to make engraved seals with raised design on the material being stamped, especially wax.
Ancient Greeks and Romans considered amethyst to be a strong antidote against drunkenness and used to wear the gem and made drinking vessels out of it. Medieval European soldiers wore amethyst as amulets to protect them in battles. Amethyst Gold Jewellery- Hues and Tones
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz with primary hues from a light pinkish violet to a deep purple but it may also exhibit one or both of secondary hues, such as red and blue.
The ideal grade of Amethyst is called "Deep Siberian" and has a primary purple hue of around 75-80 percent, 15-20 percent blue and red (depending on the light source) secondary hues.
The colour of the stones you see in our gold amethyst jewellery can be attributed to the presence of a few elements, such as manganese, ferric thiocyanate, sulphur, ferric iron impurities, iron and aluminium.
When exposed to heat, amethyst generally changes its colour to yellow, and much of the citrine or yellow quartz is merely burnt amethyst.
Synthetic Amethyst Gold Jewellery
Synthetic amethyst has the same chemical and physical properties as natural amethyst. It's sometimes very hard to differentiate between the two with absolute certainty without advanced gemmological testing which is very often cost-prohibitive.
Amethyst Geographic Distribution
Amethyst is found in many places: Minas Gerais in Brazil, South Korea, India, United States, Nova Scotia in Canada, Maissau in Lower Austria, Zambia and Russia.
Amethyst Value
Before the discovery of extensive deposits in locations such as Brazil, amethyst was considered to be a precious gemstone along with diamond, sapphire, ruby, and emerald. The highest grade amethyst (Deep Russian) is exceptionally rare and therefore its value will dependent on the demand of collectors when one is found.
