<P> Amethyst is produced in abundance from the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil where it occurs in large geodes within volcanic rocks . Many of the hollow agates of southwestern Brazil and Uruguay contain a crop of amethyst crystals in the interior . Artigas, Uruguay and neighboring Brazilian state Rio Grande do Sul are large world producers exceeding in quantity Minas Gerais, as well as Mato Grosso, Espirito Santo, Bahia, and Ceará states, all amethyst producers of importance in Brazil . </P> <P> It is also found and mined in South Korea . The largest opencast amethyst vein in the world is in Maissau, Lower Austria . Much fine amethyst comes from Russia, especially from near Mursinka in the Ekaterinburg district, where it occurs in drusy cavities in granitic rocks . Many localities in south India yield amethyst . One of the largest global amethyst producers is Zambia in southern Africa with an annual production of about 1000 tons . </P> <P> Amethyst occurs at many localities in the United States . Among these may be mentioned: the Mazatzal Mountain region in Gila and Maricopa Counties, Arizona; Red Feather Lakes, near Ft Collins, Colorado; Amethyst Mountain, Texas; Yellowstone National Park; Delaware County, Pennsylvania; Haywood County, North Carolina; Deer Hill and Stow, Maine and in the Lake Superior region of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan . Amethyst is relatively common in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Nova Scotia . The largest amethyst mine in North America is located in Thunder Bay, Ontario . </P> <P> Amethyst is the official state gemstone of South Carolina . Several South Carolina amethysts are on display at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History . </P>

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