Amethyst In Tumble Cage Corded Necklace Madagascan Top Graded Protection

AMETHYST Protective Tumblestone 

With Wire Cage 18+" Corded Necklace     kb2

AAA Graded Madagascar.

Purple Amethyst has been highly esteemed throughout the ages for its stunning beauty and legendary 

powers to stimulate, and soothe, the mind and emotions. It is a semi-precious stone in today’s classifications, 

but to the ancients it was a “Gem of Fire,” a Precious Stone worth, at times in history, as much as a Diamond.

 It has always been associated with February, the month the Romans dedicated to Neptune, their water-god,

 and is the traditional birthstone of that month. It is the stone of St. Valentine and faithful love, and signifies 

ecclesiastical dignity as the Bishop’s Stone. It carries the energy of fire and passion, creativity and spirituality, 

yet bears the logic of temperance and sobriety

The name Amethyst derives from the Greek word ametusthos, meaning “not intoxicated,” and comes

 from an ancient legend. The wine god Bacchus, angry over an insult and determined to avenge himself 

decreed the first person he should meet would be devoured by his tigers. The unfortunate mortal happened 

to be a beautiful maiden named Amethyst on her way to worship at the shrine of Diana. As the ferocious beasts sprang,

 she sought the protection of the goddess and was saved by being turned into a clear, white crystal. Bacchus, 

regretting his cruelty, poured the juice of his grapes over the stone as an offering, giving the gem its lovely purple hue...