Amethyst

Posts about amethyst

Double Terminated Amethyst Crystal with Smoky Center-#AMTH04-4
January 12, 2023

Popular Purple Minerals

Everybody loves the color purple, a color has an old association with royalty.  The dye known Tyrian purple was a luxury item. …

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Cincinnati Art Museum Modern Jewelry Exhibit 1960s-1970s
January 19, 2022

Simply Brilliant – An Exceptional Collection of Fine Jewelry with Outstanding Stones and Crystals

The Cincinnati Art Museum has a new exhibit running through February 6th titled “Simply Brilliant: Artist-Jewelers of the 1960s and 1970s”. This…

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Amethyst intaglio portrait of Julius Caesar, Roman, 50-40 B.C.E.
March 21, 2021

Beautiful Bejeweled Amethyst’s History as an Art Medium

The February birthstone is amethyst. A form of non-fluorescing hard stone quartz whose typically purple shading comes from irradiation of iron or…

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