VaGiriki vaidavira kuti matombo anokosha eamethyst aigona kudzivirira kudhakwa, nepo varwi vekuEurope vekare vaipfeka amethyst amulets sekudzivirirwa muhondo mukutenda kuti amethyst inorapa vanhu uye inovachengetedza vakadzikama. Mhete dzeamethyst dzakawanikwa mumakuva eAnglo-Saxon muEngland. Mabhishopi eAnglican vanopfeka mhete yebhishopi inowanzoiswa neamethyst, inongedzera kutsananguro yevaApostora se "vasina kudhakwa" paPentekosti muna Mabasa 2:15.
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