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Amethyst Secrets: 5 Surprising Facts You Must Know

I. Introduction to Amethyst

Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz, composed mainly of silica, with a hardness of 7 on the Mohs hardness scale. Its purple color results from trace amounts of iron in the crystal structure. Formed by radiation of the color center, amethyst is commonly used in jewelry and collectibles. It is also the birthstone for February, symbolizing honesty, peace, and inspiration.

Major sources: Brazil, Uruguay, Madagascar, Russia, Zambia, China (Guangdong, Hunan, Heilongjiang, etc.)

Rough amethyst stones under natural light

II. Color Grades and Classifications of Amethyst

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Brazilian Amethyst:Characterized by a lighter hue compared to its Uruguayan counterpart, it boasts high transparency with minimal inclusions such as ice cracks or cotton-like patterns. Natural color zoning is visible within the crystals; the more translucent the specimen, the higher its quality.

Crystal bead bracelet made with round amethyst stones

Premium Grade

Uruguayan amethyst: Renowned for its deep, rich coloration that exudes mystery and allure. When assessing its quality, one should consider both color depth and internal structure; excessively dark or near-black tones may indicate lower quality.

Luxury Grade

Bolivian Amethyst: It is lighter in color than Uruguayan amethyst, with high translucency and very few ice cracks and cotton flakes. Natural color bands can be seen in the crystals, the more translucent the crystal, the higher the grade of Brazilian amethyst.

Round amethyst bead bracelet on light background

III.Amethyst symbolism and efficacy

Amethyst is widely recognized in modern Western culture for its ability to calm emotions, relieve stress and promote inner balance. It is often used in meditation and healing practices to help people clear negative energy and enhance mental focus and emotional stability.

Improvement of sleep quality

Amethyst can help to improve the quality aspect of sleep and eliminate the effects of negative emotions. In our busy lives, we often face a variety of pressures and challenges, and amethyst can help us relieve anxiety, tension and other negative emotions, so that the body and mind to get relaxed and calm.

Improves intelligence and memory

Amethyst due to its internal trace metal elements of manganese and iron, so the color is purple, is a symbol of wisdom, girls usually wear amethyst can help develop wisdom, help study and work. Can make people attention more concentrated, improve memory , long-term wear amethyst, will make your mind more flexible, work efficiency and learning ability can be improved Oh!

Enhance temperament and social charisma

Wearing amethyst can help enhance our temperament and charm, in social occasions, amethyst will emit a special attraction of the edge, so that we more striking, make more friends, expand network resources.

IV.Amethyst suitable for the crowd

Amethyst is considered beneficial to a wide range of people in the fields of gemstone healing, feng shui, and psychology due to its beautiful color and the symbolism it has been given.

1. People with high mental stress, prone to anxiety and insomnia (e.g. workers, students)
2. Students, creative workers, researchers, astrology or tarot enthusiasts
3. People who frequent crowded places, engaged in nursing, medical, security industry

Colorful purple crystal bracelet placed on a newspaper

V、How to choose amethyst

The first thing you need to avoid lightning are these amethysts below:

1. The color is uniform to unnatural, like plastic texture, is likely to be dyed. Natural amethyst color has shades of change, dyed wear for a long time may also lose color, is not good for the body.
2. Because of high-temperature treatment and then cooled, the internal formation of cracks like “popcorn” popcorn amethyst. Although it looks special, but it destroys the crystal structure, the value is far less than the natural, and easy to break.
3. Synthetic amethyst made in a simulated laboratory environment, the crystal is too perfect, almost no impurities synthetic amethyst. Although the composition and natural amethyst is similar, but lack of natural energy and uniqueness, collection value is low.
4. Glass imitation amethyst texture is uniform, warm to the touch, without the cool touch of crystal. And looking into the light, there may be bubbles, it is easy to recognize.

Comparison of many different materials of amethyst bracelets

Amethyst identification method

1 Seeing the color bands through light, natural dark and light stripes are not uniform and monochromatic.

2 Dichroism verification, turn the crystal now purple-red and blue-violet change

3 Alcohol rubbing fissure dyeing products lose color

4 UV light on the injection of glue at the blue-white light spots

‼ regular stores will generally be marked “natural” or “synthetic”, try to ask the seller to provide inspection certificates (such as: NGTC, GTC, the National Jewelry and Jade Quality Inspection Center and other issued).

VI. FAQ

Q:🤔1. Is the darker the color of amethyst the better?I see some are dark purple and some are on the lighter side, what should I choose?

A:👉Dark color does not necessarily mean good, the key to look at whether the translucent, whether the black . Quality amethyst should be rich in color but not dark, crystal translucent, no obvious impurities.

Q:🤔2.Is amethyst suitable for boys? Will it be too feminine?

A:👉Perfectly suited! Amethyst is not only suitable for women, but also very suitable for men to wear, especially Deep Purple, Uruguayan amethyst strings or pendants, looks calm and atmospheric.

Q:🤔3.Is it reliable to buy amethyst online? Will I get glass or synthetics?

A:👉Buying amethyst online does require caution. But there are some suggestions for you:
(1) Choose reputable merchants, check whether to provide natural instructions and inspection certificates;
(2) Look at the actual picture, there is no internal natural texture;
(3) Refuse “flawless ultra-low price” products, the price and quality is usually proportional.

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