Banded Amethyst Tumbled Gemstone from Brazil

Metaphysical Properties, Meaning and Uses of Banded Amethyst

Stone for Power from Within

Banded Amethyst is a beautiful stone that promotes power from within yourself, attracts power where it is needed in your life, provides calming & soothing energies, protects against malicious curses, hexes, psychic attacks. Banded Amethyst is also a stone for those who are in love and who want to strengthen the bonds of love between themselves and their lover. Banded Amethyst resonates with your inner balance which will calm any temperament or mood issues and provide a fair & balanced atmosphere for you. It is a wonderful stone to work with during times of stress, contemplation, or meditation. You can also place the stone under your pillow or bed to provide a more restful night of sleep. 

Banded Amethyst is a purple stone that can be from a lavender to deep purple in color. Banded Amethyst can be banded, translucent or clouded. Some pieces of banded amethyst are purple in color and have fractures or lines within the translucent stone.

You will receive one stone approximately 3/4"-1 1/4" on the longest side.

Other Information

Banded Amethyst's lovely shades of purple are based on the degree of radiation and iron in the specimen. While gamma and UV exposure is responsible for the color and can even change it, heat is just as capable of stripping banded amethyst's color from purple to an orange-yellow. Banded Amethyst chemically has oxygen and silicon. Banded Amethyst's beauty knows no bounds and is found across the world.


References
"Amethyst." Mindat - Mines, Minerals, and More. Accessed February 28, 2019. https://www.mindat.org/.