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Amethyst mirrors in beautiful wrought iron holder with hanging eye (6-12 kg each)

In-house, have Amethyst mirrors made. Super nice "Amethyst crater rings" polished and made in a beautiful wrought iron holder. Weigh between 6 and 12 kilos each)
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Amethyst is a violet variety of the mineral quartz (SiO2) and is the most sought after stone of the quartz group. Etymology: The name comes from the Greek αμεθυστoς (amethystos). Amethyst was already known to the Egyptians, Etruscans and Romans, and Pliny the Elder has already described amethyst. In ancient China, small gems were carved from amethyst. In the Middle Ages, amethyst was also highly valued in Europe. It was called bishop's stone because it used to be a beloved gemstone for ecclesiastical dignitaries, and it is said to have magical powers. It was the symbol of lovers the stone of temperance, protector against sorcery and witchcraft. With Jacob van Maerlant the explanation can be found that the stone dispels drunkenness. It has been assumed that the Greek name would mean "against intoxication": wine drunk from a cup made of amethyst would not make one drunk. Formation: Metamorphites, hydrothermal, alluvial deposits. The crystals always grow on a lower layer, the prisms are often weakly developed and therefore the crystal spikes dominate spitamethyst; here the color is also the strongest. These parts are knocked off, that is, broken down for further use. Burning at a temperature between 470 and 750 degrees produces light yellow, reddish brown, green or colorless varieties. There are amethysts that gradually fade in daylight. The original color can be restored with radium irradiation. The color is caused by iron in combination with ionizing radiation. Amethyst is less attractive in artificial light. Occurrence Already in the Middle Ages, Brazil could boast of its deposits of amethyst, they are mined in Bahia, Minas Gerais and Mato Grosso, among others. Recently, the so-called ametrine has been mined in Bolivia, an amethyst citrine, in which the violet and yellow colors alternate, but the transition between the colors is sharply defined. Amethysts are also known in the United States, in Montana, Maine, Georgia and Arizona. Canada, Mexico, Bolivia, India, Myanmar, Japan, China and Korea, and Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Congo and Australia are also major producers. In Russia, amethyst is found in the Urals, Yakutsk and on the Kola Peninsula, among others. Amethysts are also found in Armenia, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Ireland. Amethyst rarely forms larger pure crystals. In the British Museum there is a unique cut stone of 343 carats. Other smaller stones weigh less; they mostly come from Brazil. The Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. even owns a cut amethyst from Brazil weighing 1362 carats and one from North Carolina weighing 202.5 carats. Amethysts were often used in state jewels, such as the scepter of Catherine the Great and the scepter of the British Crown.
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