Samson Jewellery - Birth Stone
Feburary / Amethyst

Amethyst has become popular, fine stones of a rich royal purple colour, free from inclusions, have become quite expensive.  Though Brazil and Africa, particularly Zambia, seem to contain limitless supplies of amethyst, only a small amount of the material taken out of the ground is suitable for jewellery and only a tiny fraction of this is of the finest quality.  Out of the facetable material only a small proportion would be of the finest quality.  It can be appreciated, therefore, why a fine amethyst can never be bought cleaply; and if it remains in fashion over the next few years fine specimens with inevitably become even more expensive than they already are.