Quartz turned violet by iron and time. Calm, intuition and quiet protection.
The aesthetic
Amethyst is quartz coloured violet by traces of iron and natural irradiation, ranging from a barely-there lilac to a deep royal purple that reads almost black in low light. It most often grows as a crust of points lining the inside of a cavity, which is why so much of it arrives as a geode section or a cut slab with a band of pale agate around the outside and a dense purple interior.
The dynamic
Amethyst has long been tied to sobriety, clear-headedness and rest. It is commonly associated with calm, intuition and protection, and is the stone most often kept by a bed.
Some variations
- geode sections
- chevron amethyst
- brandberg
- vera cruz
- ametrine
- cactus amethyst