Amethyst an yi amfani da shi azaman dutse mai daraja ta tsoffin Masarawa kuma an yi amfani da shi sosai a zamanin d ̄ a don duwatsu masu daraja. Helenawa sun yi imanin cewa duwatsu masu daraja na amethyst na iya hana maye, yayin da sojojin Turai na tsakiyar zamanai suka sa amethyst amulet a matsayin kariya a yaƙi a cikin imanin cewa amethysts suna warkar da mutane kuma suna kiyaye su cikin nutsuwa. An sami beads na amethyst a cikin kaburbura na Anglo-Saxon a Ingila. Bishops na Anglican suna sa zoben bishop sau da yawa tare da amethyst, wani allusion ga bayanin Manzanni a matsayin "ba bugu" a Fentikos a cikin Ayyukan Manzanni 2:15. An gabatar da babban geode, ko "amethyst-grotto", daga kusa da Santa Cruz a kudancin Brazil a wani baje kolin 1902 a Düsseldorf, Jamus.
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