E.S. Design

If you were born in the month of February, your birthstone is the amethyst. Fortunate for you, amethysts are the most popular gemstones in the world. Amethysts are in abundance, varying in color from an intense velvet purple hue to bright pink hues and blue tones as well. However, the rarest amethyst color is purple. The darker the purple tone, the more expensive it is. The good news is that amethysts are fairly inexpensive gemstones because of their abundance.

In Greek, the word “amethyst” means “without drunkenness.” Legends have glorified the amethyst by asserting that whoever wears it will escape intoxication. The myth lives on until this day.

Amethysts are durable gemstones. It belongs to the family of quartz stones, possessing a hardness of 7.0 on the MOHs Scale of Hardness. That number only means that amethysts will hold up well over an extended period of time. Over the years, amethysts will show only very slight signs of wear and tear such as rounding of the corners and edges.

The beautiful and bright colors of each amethyst make it look stunning in just about any kind of jewelry. Today, you will find amethysts used in a variety of modern designs and contemporary settings. Because of its inexpensive price tag, people can afford to purchase larger sizes of amethysts compared to other gemstones. Big gemstones create visually captivating pieces of fine jewelry that may well end up as museum-quality collectible items.

Purple has become the new black in the past years. That is another reason why amethysts have become women’s favorite gemstones. Amethysts come in a myriad of shapes such as oval, round, square, and even odd shapes, which are made possible through laser cutting. Whatever shape, color tone, and size, amethysts will always be one of the jewelry industry’s celebrated gemstones, second to diamonds.