The 2.5 tons Empress of Uruguay is slightly less impressive after a tourist pinched a piece of the world's largest amethyst on show ... at the mine in Uruguay, and this was then secured in her ...

Northern Uruguay is home to one of the largest amethyst deposits in the world ... home to the Los Catalanes mining district–a deposit so significant it has been recognized as one of the ...

Amethyst is one of the most abundant crystals in the world, but the most prized pieces can cost almost a million dollars. Some of the world's largest amethyst geodes come out of Artigas ...