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925 sterling silver necklace with natural amethyst prasiolite 24 carat

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It is called green amethyst for two obvious reasons: because it is green and because it comes from amethyst. Its name comes from the color of the leek. Look at it once and you cannot take your eyes off its crystal depths. In the series "Secrets of the Stones" we present prasiolite - a magical stone for clairvoyants.

Prasiolite is the stone of illusion - transparent and magically changeable. Before it became soft green, it was amethyst. Leave it in the sun and it turns into clear quartz.

It looks deep into the heart of its owner and brings out the best, but also the worst - if its keeper is self-serving, immoral and selfish. Its name comes from "leek" (from the Greek prason), because of the green color.

It is a quartz crystal, just like amethyst. At least 30 kinds of quartz are known: pink, blue, red, green, black - transparent or translucent, dense and even with a "cat's eye" effect. Regardless of color or degree of transparency, they all have the same chemical formula - SiO2 (silicon dioxide), but they differ in their crystal lattice. In amethyst, for instance, there are traces of iron, which gives the crystals a pink or yellow tint. Smoky quartz, in turn, absorbs light because of the imperfections in its lattice structure. Quartz is the most widespread mineral on Earth - 12% of the lithosphere, and silicon is the second most abundant chemical element in the Earth's crust after oxygen.

So, back to prasiolite - a green variety of quartz. The beautiful color of this crystal appears when amethyst is heated to 500 degrees. In nature there are very few deposits of natural prasiolite, in Brazil, the USA, Russia, India and Poland. The vast majority of the prasiolite on the market is produced by heat-treating amethyst or citrine.

Still, the fact that it has been treated does not mean the stone is not real. Most colored crystals in jewelry, including precious stones, have undergone additional treatment to improve their quality and color. Diamonds, rubies and sapphires are heated to even out their clarity or to intensify the color. Even the brightest blue sapphires are yellow in their original state, and many of the stunning violet-blue tanzanites were zoisite - a drab green rock.

Mineral type: Amethyst, Iolite, Prasiolite
Zodiac sign: Aries, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces

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