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Its colour is as unique as it is seductive, Amethyst is extravagance in violet,most of the material from Brazil is light-coloured, a tender purple. In Madagascar, it is generally red or violet hues which are found. Uruguay supplies the most beautiful and the deepest colour, but it is mostly blemished, thus immaculate stones of the finest violet, the amethyst has a hardness of 7, making it a quiet strong and hard to brake stone. For many thousands of years, the most striking representative of the quartz family has been a jewel coveted by princes both ecclesiastical and secular. Moses described it as a symbol of the Spirit of God in the official robes of the High Priest of the Jews, and the Russian Empress Catherine the Great sent thousands of miners into the Urals to look for it. In popular belief, the amethyst offers protection against drunkenness - for the Greek words 'amethystos' mean 'not intoxicated' in translation.
A large number of further miraculous powers are attributed to the amethyst in all sorts of cultures. It was said to protect crops against tempests and locusts, bring good fortune in war and in the hunt, drive out evil spirits and inspire the intellect, it is said to help with addictions, facilitates decision making, and relieves stress. But also balance and connect the physical, mental and emotional bodies and then link them to the spiritual,encourages inner peace, aids intuition, unlocks psychic, mystic, and spiritual wisdom, thus aiding in the development of one’s intuition, it  brings a better understanding of death and rebirth.