Febuary Birthstone: Amethyst
In Fashion! (PANTONE'S Color For 2018 Is Ultraviolet) (Front) A methyst is the gorgeous birthstone this lovely month of Febuary. It is one of the most breathtakingly beautiful gemstones & one of the most popular gems used in jewelry for their beauty & durability with a hardness of 7 & a half . (Front) What's so nice about amethyst is that they can have this expensive look at yet costs very cheap like the pendant (above) with a 1 carat amethyst bezel set in 14kt yellow gold from Oro China Fine Jewellery for only 3,600 pesos! (Back) But did you know amethyst was once the most expensive of all gems? Due to their rarity & vivid purple to deep violet royal color that became the favorite jewel among royals up until the 'Victorian Era'. It was in the late 1800s that a huge deposit of amethyst was discovered in Brazil and so the price of amethyst had plummeted ever since then & it's status as a precious-stone suddenly became semi...