Purple Crystal Rocks

Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz sio 2 and owes its violet color to irradiation impurities of iron and in some cases other transition metals and the presence of other trace elements which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions.

Purple crystal rocks.

Although fairly rare you can find purple blue or violet minerals in these four types of rocks ordered from most to least common. It is the purple variety of the mineral quartz and its most valuable and prized variety its name derives from the greek amethystos which means not drunken as amethyst in antiquity was thought to ward off drunkenness. Purple rocks which may range in hue from blue to violet get their color from the minerals those rocks contain. Amethyst is a well known mineral and gemstone.

Hue and tone. While most popular in yellow and blue topaz also occurs as purple stones. Purple crystals tumbled when you look at purple crystals in tumbled form you cannot help but be reminded of the sky s tones of blue and violet during winter. Purple acrylic ice rock crystals treasure gems for table scatters vase fillers wedding banquet party event birthday decoration purple 150 4 7 out of 5 stars 578 6 98 6.

Purple crystals are naturally the birthstones of people born in the new year or just after the winter solstice which is anywhere between the last week of december until the end of january. Pegmatites composed primarily of large crystals such as granite.