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Amethyst

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A named violet quartz of Greek not-drunk speech and later ecclesiastical jewelry. Not generic crystal, and not a chakra set.

  • Amethyst is used in Medicine.

    Pliny’s Natural History treats amethyst among stones reputed to check drunkenness and related remedies. A Roman-era pharmacological attestation of the purple quartz, not a jewelry dump alone and not purple as a hue word.

    from Pliny the Elder · Natural History, c. 77 CE

    used in · sourced · documented

  • Amethyst is historically related to Gold.

    In al's The Jewish Encyclopedia, Amethyst is treated with Gold; piece and peer stock share the entry.

    from Isidore Singer et al. · The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1901–1906

    historically related to · sourced · documented

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