Natural Amethyst

Natural Amethyst output due to iron, manganese and other minerals to form beautiful purple, the main colors are lavender, purple, dark red, red, purple, blue-violet and other colors, red, and red Pearl bracelet to deep purple is the best, too Light purple is more common. Natural Amethyst There is usually a natural impurities in the ice cracks or white clouds. The value of a gem Amethyst were grown in volcanic rock, pegmatite, or limestone and shale of Pearl ring the crystal cave. Amethyst widely distributed in nature, the main producing area of Brazil, Russia, South Africa, Madagascar, Among them, Minas Gerais, Pegmatite deposits of amethyst in the output of high Pearl pendant quality and long-standing reputation. Generally produced in Brazil, mostly mountain-shaped Amethyst Geode, a profile control for the two can become very ornamental value of the Amethyst Geode Decoration. Amethyst is mostly produced in Uruguay, was massive, darker than the color purple, particles smaller, more suitable for carving into various breathtaking intake Amethyst jewelry.

Identification of natural Amethyst

Imitation on the market are mainly of natural amethyst glass, synthetic amethyst.

Amethyst purple glass with different physical properties. Orthogonal polarizing microscope, they have a completely different performance: Amethyst in the rotation one week, showing four out four dark, while the glass showed a full dark. In addition, the magnifying glass or microscope, After reading through the gemstone facet edges, the amethyst can see an edge there are two clear-cut image, but as a single refraction of the glass is not seen this phenomenon. It is generally able to distinguish with 10 times magnifier glass and Freshwater pearls amethyst. Amethyst is a purple crystalline good quality single-crystal quartz.