Author: Exuperist / Source: Neatorama

I have never thought much about my birthstone. It’s a nice purple hue and that’s about it. Until you actually dig a bit deeper like what Dana Hunter did. It turns out amethyst has some pretty interesting stories and scientific tidbits about it that we tend to overlook or not consider at all.
So, everyone knows amethyst is a purple variety of quartz, yeah? And we’re used to it being abundant and fairly inexpensive, aside from those jaw-dropping giant geodes and some really fabulous…
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