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February’s birth stone - Amethyst
The February born shall find 
Sincerity and peace of mind,
Freedom from passion and from care,
If they, the amethyst will wear.
Amethyst is a beautiful member of the quartz family, which is mined in many different locations around the world. Amethyst literally translates as “Not intoxicated” and comes from two Greek words A (Not) and Methustos (Intoxicated). In Greek and Roman times it was believed that wearing Amethyst would protect against drunkeness.
In addition many people do not realise that the majority of another gemstone available, Citrine, is actualy heat treated Amethyst. Once heated to certain degrees Amethyst can turn yellow, red-brown, green or even clear.
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about this beautiful gemstone, if you would like to talk in greater detail about our Amethyst stones or jewellery then please get in touch. Also please check back in March for the next of our birthstone features, in the mean time to see some pieces of our collection set with Amethyst then please click here
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Hello and welcome to the Catherine Best blog. After more than 20 years in the jewellery business, I’m still very passionate about designing and thankfully, almost never seem to run out of new ideas. I particularly love working with rare, unusually coloured gemstones like Tourmaline or Tanzanite, which have stunning colour ranges that can take my breath away.
I’m often asked what my signature style is but that’s quite hard to say, as I design for each individual personality I meet, but I hope the jewels shine for themselves.
I hope you’ll enjoy reading more about what goes on at the Catherine Best studios.
Hi there, I really liked this article about amethysts and was wondering if you could create a gold pendant with a triangular amethyst? many thanks. Natasha
Hi Natasha, thanks for your comment.
That would be no problem we can create a piece with any gemstone in any precious metal and we have trillion cut amethysts in stock that you could come in and look at, after that i could create some designs based on what you would like as a pendant.
Hope this helps!
Catherine