Huge Matte Amethyst & Pineapple Quartz Rough-Cut Nuggets - Heavy!Price is per 17 inch string of these amazing beads. Each will be a different size, cut, and colour, but average largest measures around 30mm x 23mm x 25mm about 16 large nuggets to the string. Amethyst belongs to the quartz family and the purple colour is due to traces of iron. Coloured purple to lilac, and ranging from opaque to transparent. Named from the Greek word "amethustos", meaning without wine. Amethyst is an especially powerful stone, a