Stunning deep purple Amethyst Thumbstones at LA LUNA.
 
Carved with a lil dip in the centre for you to run your thumb over when feeling anxious, stressed or just for when you feel like it.
 
Key words: Calm, all round healing, intuition, purification, divine connection, release of addictions, spiritual growth
Chakra: Third Eye, Crown, Etheric
Element: Wind
Zodiac Signs: Pisces, Virgo, Aquarius, Capricorn, Scorpio, Sagittarius
Birthstone: February
Wedding Anniversary: 6th, 9th, 28th & 33rd year
 
Amethyst Crystal Healing Properties:
I like to call Amethyst the ‘gateway crystal’ as we all seem to start with a piece of Amethyst, it’s the perfect choice to start your crystal journey with. The all round healer, helping to heal both the emotional and physical needs. Amethyst facilitates meditation, helping to still the mind so great to get started into those kind of practices too. It opens and clears the third-eye and crown chakras, which accelerates the development of intuitive abilities. Great to wear for protection as well, due to its purifying properties. Amethyst is believed to help identify root causes behind behaviours and emotional patterns and encourages us to take responsibility for our reality, whilst helping to improve our decision making abilities.
 
Amethyst History and Uses:
Amethyst derives its name from ametusthos, meaning “not intoxicated” and relates to an ancient Greek legend. Dionysus, the god of celebration and revelry, declared he would have revenge on mortals for not drinking his wine. He decided to have the beautiful maiden named Amethyst eaten by his tigers while she was on her way to worship at the temple of Artemis, the virgin huntress. Amethyst called to Artemis for protection and the goddess turned her into a pure white quartz statue to save her from the tigers. When Dionysus saw how beautiful she was he was filled with remorse for his ruthlessness and began to weep into his cup of wine which then spilled over the quartz statue turning it a beautiful shade of purple. Amethyst can range in colour from lilac pink, to purple red to deep purple. In ancient times the Romans inlaid their cups with Amethyst believing it would protect them from drunkenness. Catholic bishops wore Amethyst rings to prevent mystical intoxication and kissing the ring was thought to keep people focused on spiritual thoughts. It was used for protection from black magic and treachery and to ensure victory in war and in hunting.
 
Amethyst Geological Description:
Amethyst is a member of the quartz family with a trigonal crystal system and a hardness of 7. Its purple colour comes from trace amounts of iron and aluminium. Quality specimens come from Brazil and Uruguay.