Uruguay Amethyst
Amethyst, the traditional birthstone for February, is the purple crystalline variety of the mineral quartz. Uruguay has long been the source of some of the finest Amethyst found any where in the world. The Amethyst from Uruguay is especially prized for its deep, rich purple color with flashes of red. In years past this intense color of Amethyst was known in the jewelry trade as “Siberian Grade” Amethyst, named for the historic Amethyst mines of Siberia that for the first part of the twentieth century was the only known occurrence of intense purple with red flash Amethyst.
