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Colorado, USA - druzy clusters form crusts inside.

Pennsylvania, USA - druzy clusters that filled fractures.

North Carolina, USA - Druzy clusters that have a bluish-violet.

Maine, USA - Dark druzy clusters that are not widely.

Slices and carvings as well as many gemstones are prized and admired. However, the interior color and clarity are excellent and polished

Africa - crystals are usually large but not attractive.

Often amethyst-Ĭoated stalactites and other unusual formations occur inside these Throughout, unlike the Brazilian crystals, and form with a multicoloredĪgate that often contains reds, yellows and oranges.

Uruguay - crystals are dark to medium and form inĭruzy crusts that line the inside of volcanic vugs that have a.

Just below the surface of the crystals is unique to this locality.Ĭlusters are druzy crusts that line the fissures formed in ancient

Thunder Bay, Canada - a distinct red hematite inclusion.

That are of a pale to medium color and often carved or cut into

Maraba, Brazil - large crystals with unattractive surfaces.

Most clusters form with gray, white and blue agate and have a Light to medium in color and only colored at the tops of the crystals. Other vugs are just gas bubbles in the lava. That were engulfed in a lava or volcanic ash flow millions of years ago and have

Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul, Bahaia, Brazil - crystalsįorm in druzy crusts that line the inside of sometimes large volcanic.

These are some of the most valuable amethysts

Often theĬrystals are phantomed opposite of Vera Cruz amethyst having a purple interior with a clear or That radiate outward from a common attachment point. Guerrero, Mexico - dark, deep purple, prismatic crystals.

Crystals are typically phantomed, having a clear quartz interior and an amethyst exterior. That are sometimes double terminated and have grown on a lightĬolored host rock. Vera Cruz, Mexico - very pale, clear, prismatic crystals.The following is a list of many of the more noteworthy localitiesĪnd some of the attributes that characterize the amethyst found there. Specimen's color, shape of crystal, inclusions, associations and Mine that a particular amethyst came from. Different localitiesĬan produce a unique amethyst to that particular region or even However, amethyst is not the same everywhere. AsĪ mineral specimen, amethyst is popular for its color and niceĬrystal shapes that produce a handsome, purple, sparkling cluster. Have a six sided pyramid at either end or can form as druzes thatĪre crystalline crusts that only show the pointed terminations. Although it must always be purple toīe amethyst, it can and does have a wide range of purple shades.Īmethyst can occur as long prismatic crystals that Its color is unparalleled,Īnd even other, more expensive purple gemstones are often compared Of some stones that they may have encountered. Likely the Greeks were referring to the almost wine-like color Greek and means "not drunken." This was maybe due to aīelief that amethyst would ward off the effects of alcohol, but most If it were not for its widespread availability, amethyst wouldīe very expensive. Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz and is a popular gemstone.