An old greek superstition was that amethyst would protect those who. wore it from drunkenness—which is why they called it améthystos,. meaning “not drunken.”until the discovery of the large brazili

An old greek superstition was that amethyst would protect those who. wore it from drunkenness—which is why they called it améthystos,. meaning “not drunken.”until the discovery of the large brazilian and. uruguayan deposits at the end of the nineteenth century, deep-colored. amethyst was highly prized. suppose a ray of