“Oh, Marilla, it’s a perfectly elegant brooch. I think amethysts are just sweet. They are what I used to think diamonds were like. Long ago, before I had ever seen a diamond, I read about them and I tried to imagine what they would be like. I thought they would be lovely glimmering purple stones. When I saw a real diamond in a lady’s ring one day I was so disappointed I cried. Of course, it was very lovely but it wasn’t my idea of a diamond. Will you let me hold the brooch for one minute, Marilla? Do you think amethysts can be the souls of good violets?”
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Amethyst is my favourite gemstone & the only “crystal” apart from Rose Quartz that I have ever felt working a la all the woo-woo crystal healing-diff-frequency-vibing hoo-hah. It is most renowned for helping to induce sobriety.
The Ayurvedic astrologers (Indian) claim fascinating healing powers for various gemstones attributed to planets and worn on a particular part of the body…eg; Blue Sapphire, they say, antidotes “the evil effects of Saturn” whilst Cat’s Eye helps bestow “wealth by secret means” and Diamonds can cure uterine diseases.
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