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Amethyst
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Amethyst specimen from Magaliesburg, South Africa.
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Comments: Amethyst or purple quartz (quartz or silicon dioxide).
From Easton: Amethyst - one of the precious stones in the breastplate of the high priest (Exodus 28:19; Exodus 39:12), and in the foundation of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:20). The ancients thought that this stone had the power of dispelling drunkenness in all who wore or touched it, and hence its Greek name formed from _a_, "privative," and _methuo_, "to get drunk." Its Jewish name, _ahlamah'_, was derived by the rabbins from the Hebrew word _halam_, "to dream," from its supposed power of causing the wearer to dream.
It is a pale-blue crystallized quartz, varying to a dark purple blue. It is found in Persia and India, also in different parts of Europe.
Verses:
- Exodus 28:19
- Exodus 39:12
- Revelation 21:20
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