An even color throughout the stone is preferred and any gem which has flashes of red or blue will increase in value. Amethyst PriceĪmethysts were once as valuable and prized as rubies, emeralds and sapphires but huge discoveries in the 19th century by settlers in Brazil brought the prices down dramatically - suddenly this lovely gemstone was available to everyone.Ĭolor is the driving force behind the price of amethyst with the deep purple color being the most sought after. Amethyst SpeciesĪmethyst is a type of quartz which includes such famous names as Citrine, Smoky Quartz and Rose Quartz in its family of gemstones. Some of the finest examples can display flashes of pink, red or blue as they are turned from angle to angle or moved from one light source to another.
The color of amethyst ranges from delicate lilacs and lavenders all the way through plums and violets to the deepest purples and aubergines. To create a purple dye in the past was a difficult and expensive process - for thousands of years only the Phoenicians knew the secret of turning sea snails in to this luxurious color.Ĭlothes and materials dyed purple were so costly that the color became associated with only the rich royals and clergy and this exclusivity expanded to amethyst gemstones which at the time were as rare as diamonds and rubies. Purple, and its related colors such as violet, lavender and lilac, is a rare and very powerful color in nature. If you want a purple or violet gemstone - and who doesn't? - then amethyst is the one for you. Actinolite Cat's Eye 63 Agate 661 Agate Geode 26 Almandine Garnet 56 Amazonite 243 Amethyst 3,001 Ametrine 276 Ammolite 489 Andalusite 236 Andesine Labradorite 161 Apatite 576 Aquamarine 214 Aventurine 65 Black Opal 122 Bloodstone 125 Boulder Opal 192 Carnelian 102 Cat's Eye Apatite 46 Cat's Eye Aquamarine 20 Cat's Eye Gemstones 1,003 Cat's Eye Moonstone 177 Cat's Eye Opal 72 Cat's Eye Scapolite 132 Chalcedony 151 Charoite 174 Chocolate Opal 86 Chrome Diopside 14 Chrysoberyl 135 Chrysocolla 96 Chrysoprase 92 Citrine 4,289 Color Change Gemstones 993 Color-Change Diaspore 839 Color-Change Fluorite 72 Color-Change Garnet 77 Color-Change Sapphire 4 Coral 324 Demantoid Garnet 300 Dendritic Agate 87 Diamond 253 Druzy Amethyst 6 Druzy Azurite 17 Druzy Variscite 70 Emerald 255 Enstatite 5 Fire Agate 272 Fire Opal 163 Fluorite 222 Fossil Coral 353 Garnet 5,878 Golden Beryl 267 Grandidierite 213 Grossularite Garnet 73 Hematite 402 Hemimorphite 53 Hemimorphite Druzy 53 Hessonite Garnet 2,039 Howlite 172 Idocrase 9 Imperial Topaz 13 Iolite 133 Jade Gemstones 423 Jadeite 423 Jasper 1,234 Kornerupine 208 Kunzite 104 Kyanite 483 Labradorite 424 Lapis Lazuli 178 Larimar 118 Malachite 167 Malaya Garnet 195 Mali Garnet 19 Maw-Sit-Sit 139 Moonstone 755 Morganite 950 Mother Of Pearl 114 Mystic Topaz 124 Nuummite 140 Obsidian 232 Opal 853 Opal Doublet 29 Opal In Matrix 23 Pearl 28 Peridot 1,433 Pietersite 342 Prehnite 901 Pyrite 23 Pyrope Garnet 2,065 Quartz 1,484 Quartz Cat's Eye 109 Quartz With Hedenbergite 11 Quartz With Marcasite 205 Rainbow Moonstone 369 Rainbow Pyrite 219 Rhodochrosite 193 Rhodolite Garnet 581 Rose Quartz 872 Rubellite Tourmaline 35 Ruby 1,016 Ruby In Fuchsite 98 Ruby-Zoisite 222 Rutile Quartz 702 Sapphire 8,093 Scapolite 132 Scolecite 41 Seraphinite 74 Sillimanite 90 Sillimanite Cat's Eye 384 Smithsonite 1 Smoky Quartz 1,299 Snowflake Obsidian 47 Sodalite 40 Spectrolite 98 Spessartite Garnet 221 Sphene 432 Spinel 887 Star Diopside 30 Star Garnet 11 Star Gemstones 751 Star Moonstone 124 Star Rose Quartz 25 Star Ruby 193 Star Sapphire 368 Strawberry Quartz 967 Sunstone 524 Tanzanite 890 Tiger's Eye 491 Tiger's Eye Matrix 17 Topaz 4,561 Tourmaline 2,027 Tsavorite Garnet 241 Turquoise 106 Variscite 19 Zircon 2,335
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