Aladdin's Gems

In The Story of Aladdin, gemstones grew on trees.  Giant, glistening gemstones that look like glass. The gems extend to the sky from thin brown branches.  The stones catch the light and sparkle.  For example, this Lavender Amethyst Oval Pendant reminds me of the kind of gemstones I used to imagine. 

The Story of Aladdin 

All the trees were loaded with extraordinary fruit, of different colours on each tree. Some bore fruit entirely white, and some clear and transparent as crystal; some pale red, and others deeper; some green, blue, and purple, and others yellow: in short, there was fruit of all colours. 

The white were pearls; the clear and transparent, diamonds; the deep red, rubies; the green, emeralds; the blue, turquoises; the purple, amethysts; and those that were of yellow cast, sapphires.

Aladdin was altogether ignorant of their worth, and would have preferred figs and grapes, or any other fruits.

But though he took them only for coloured glass of little value, yet he was so pleased with the variety of the colours, and the beauty and extraordinary size of the seeming fruit, that he resolved to gather some of every sort; and accordingly filled the two new purses his uncle had bought for him with his clothes. 

Some he wrapped up in the skirts of his vest, which was of silk, large and full, and he crammed his bosom as full as it could hold. 

- The Story of Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp, The Arabian Nights, their Best Known Tales, Edited by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith. 

Lavender Amethyst Oval Pendant Facts

This Lavendar Amethyst Oval Pendant features a lavender oval cut amethyst. It's set in a sterling silver pendant with a sterling silver chain.  Importantly, Amethyst is part of the quartz family.  It has a Mohs hardness of 7.  Therefore, it is suitable for everyday wear. 

Unlike most amethysts, Lavender Amethyst is a lighter color purple than an African Amethyst.  Therefore this makes it a unique choice. 

• Wear: Every day wear
• Metal: Sterling Silver
• Stone:  Amethyst
• Mohs Hardness: 7
• Dimensions: 20 inch chain, 8x10 mm oval cut
• Shape: Oval
• Cut:  Faceted oval
• Clarity:  Transparent
• Treatment: None