Purple Sky

Silver 925 silver plated with Amethyst.

Silver platinum plated chain length 50 εκκ.

Handmade pendant in patent finish from the Purple Sky series.

-Amethyst is a violet (violet or purple) variant of the mineral quartz and is used for decorative purposes as a gemstone.It starts life as transparent quartz but when found in places on the Earth’s mantle where high temperatures and pressures develop, it turns purple. Of course, depending on the variety of the stone, the purple may border on black, while in another cut it may appear completely colourless.

-The name comes from the steresitic “a” and the verb “to get drunk” (mitho), as in ancient times it was believed that this stone protected its owner from drunkenness!In antiquity it was one of the rarest and most valuable stones and its price often reached or exceeded that of a diamond! The price of this stone fell when huge deposits of it were discovered in South America.