With rumors of its closure spreading through forums as early as January, the EOTAC website officially has been benched. Soldier Systems Daily reported on the websiteâs apparent demise on Thursday, March 21. When speaking to SSD in February, EOTACâs parent company Freedom Group Inc.
It might be interesting for you to learn that although amethyst is purple in color, treatment with heat or irradiation can produce yellow, orange, and brown varieties. This type of color-changing treatment is how amethyst can be turned into yellow citrine, which is also a variety of quarts.
The violet to purple amethyst is the most important and best known gem variety of quartz and has been used for lapidary works since ancient times. Today most amethyst comes from Brazil and Uruguay.