💜 Amethyst, also known as amethyst quartz, is a violet-colored variant of crystal. Its purple color is caused by radiation or iron (sometimes and other transition metal impurities at the same time) and other impurities caused by the complex lattice replacement and produce, amethyst is the crystal family in the rare purple system of crystal. The mysterious and romantic color makes it deservedly become the most noble and beautiful member of the crystal. Amethyst is the birthstone of February, known as the “love guardian stone”, symbolizing good and faithful love. It is also the gemstone for the 17th wedding anniversary.
🟪Mineralogical name: Silicon dioxide
🟪Chemical formula: SiO2
🟪Crystal system: tripartite crystal system
🟪Hardness: 7
🟪Specific gravity: 2.65
🟪Luster: Glassy
🟪Transparency: transparent – translucent
🟪Refractive index: 1.544-1.553
🟪Birefringence: 0.009
🟪Fracture: shell-like
🟪Resolution: no resolution

✅Amethyst Color
🟣The best amethyst color is deep fuchsia or purple, no obvious color range. The main colors are mauve, purple, deep fuchsia, deep violet and blue-violet, with deep violet being the best, and any violet that is too light or too dark affecting its value. The ideal grade is known as “Deep Siberian”, with about 75-80% violet tones and 15-20% blue tones, while lighter-colored amethysts like violets or lilacs have the name “French Rose”.

✅Origin of Amethyst
🟣Amethyst origin includes Brazil, Uruguay, Russia, Madagascar, Korea, Sri Lanka, and some parts of mainland China, among others. Amethysts from different origins vary in color, crystal and price. Among them, the high-quality amethyst produced in the Minas Gerais pegmatite deposit in Brazil is famous. China’s amethyst is mainly found in Xinjiang, Jiangsu, Henan and Hunan.

👇Amethysts from different origins have different characteristics, and the following origins are common:

• 🟪Bolivia (light amethyst):
  👉The color of Bolivian amethyst is the lightest one in the amethyst family, known as the “sky realm”, the crystal is translucent, with very high transparency and bright luster, high quality can reach the full A clarity, the price is very high.
• 🟪Uruguay (Intense Purple):
  👉Uruguayan amethyst has a deep and intense color. The crystals show a deep purple color with a little natural cotton, the more translucent the crystal the higher the value. Amethyst from Uruguay has always been the highest shade of purple in amethyst. It is close to being discontinued and is a must-have item in fine jewelry stores around the world.
• 🟪Korea (blue-violet):
  👉Korean amethysts are also very dark in color, but the dominant hue is somewhat of a “blue-violet”. It is also a very delicate and pleasing color. Unfortunately, the production is getting smaller and smaller.
• 🟪Brazil (Grape Violet):
  👉Brazilian amethysts are lighter in color than those from Uruguay, with a light purple color with a touch of elegance, distinct crystals, high translucency, and color bands. Brazilian amethyst production is the largest, generally speaking, the color is not the highest grade, and most of the hue is not too light, is slightly black tones on the deep purple. The vast majority of amethysts on the market come from Brazil.
• 🟪China:
  👉China’s amethyst origin can be divided into the following: Shanxi amethyst has been mined for a hundred years, mainly distributed in the Wutai Mountain, Hengshan Mountain, Yanbei and Luliang Mountain area.
  

✅Gemstone Identification
🟣Natural amethyst in the formation process, often affected by the environment always contains some impurities, when observed against the sun, you can see a faint uniform fine horizontal stripes or flocculent material. Fake crystals are mostly used in the residual crystal slag, glass slag melting, after grinding processing, coloring and imitation, there is no uniform stripes, flocculation-like material.

🟣Amethyst is crystal, fast heat transfer, if the crystal feels cool to the touch, but hold in the palm of the hand for a while with the body temperature synchronization, the touch is very delicate, then it is the real crystal gemstone.

🟣Natural amethyst has a double refractive index, the crystal will be placed on top of a strand of hair or a white paper with a black line drawn through the amethyst, you will see the double shadow of the hair or the black line, if not, it is a fake crystal.

✅Benefits of Amethyst
🟣 Improve wisdom, enhance memory Amethyst is considered to be a gemstone that can enhance one’s wisdom and creativity, prompting the brain to function, making concentration more focused and enhancing memory, as well as helping to inspire people’s inspiration and creativity.
🟣 Improve sleep quality:Amethyst has a tranquilizing and sleep-promoting effect, which can alleviate insomnia symptoms and help people fall asleep and sleep better.
🟣 Relieve stress:Amethyst can relieve anxiety, tension, stress and other negative emotions, helping to improve emotional stability.
🟣 Widen connections, enhance career luck Amethyst can improve a person’s aura, enhance personal self-confidence, charisma and attractiveness, increase social skills and improve interpersonal relationships

⚠Precautions
❌Amethyst can not be high-temperature sun exposure, prolonged exposure to sunlight, amethyst water crystal surface texture and efficacy will be affected by the water will evaporate and lose, but also to make the surface luster loss.
❌Amethyst can not be bumped, amethyst texture is relatively fragile, once bumped may produce cracks or broken.