Amethyst Worry Beads 12mm

Amethyst is a violet (purple or violet-colored) variety of the mineral quartz and is used for decorative purposes as a gemstone. Its name comes from the prefix "a" and the verb "to intoxicate," as in antiquity it was believed that this stone protected its owner from drunkenness.

• The ancient Greeks and Romans wore amethyst jewelry.
• They drank from vessels decorated with amethyst.