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Amethyst (SiO2) 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.
also Aquarius’ Birthstone.









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