#46 amethyst

#46 amethyst- a purple or violet transparent variety of quartz used as a gemstone, purple variety of sapphire

-C13 Old French amatiste, from Latin amethystus, from Greek amethustos, literally: not drunken (the belief that the stone could prevent intoxication)

- I like the word etymology and the original meaning of the stone having special health properties. Also with the sound of the poem it has excellent poetic possibilities.

It's a very precious symbol, for Quimbleton explained to me that the amethyst is a talisman against drunkenness.

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