Amethyst
Names
English name: Amethyst
Dutch name: Amethist
French name: Améthyste
German name: Amethyst
Spanish name: Amatista
Italian name: Ametista
Healing and magic
Qualities:
- Calming
- Protection
- Spiritual growth
- Cleansing
- Focus
- Intuition
Physical healing properties:
- Headaches
- Insomnia
- Immune support
- Hormonal balance
Psychological/emotional healing properties:
- Stress relief
- Anxiety relief
- Mood swings
- Inner peace promotion
Magical facility:
- Protection, Prevents psychic attacks, Eliminates negative energies
- Personal growth
- Healing, Health
- Friendship
- Communication
- Purification
- Humility, Sincerity
- Spiritual wisdom, Connection to the spirit
- Harmony
- Calming
- Uplifting
- Meditation
- Dreamwork
- Inner journey practices
- Enhances psychic abilities
Magical uses and folklore:
- Enhances intuition and psychic abilities
- Supports meditation and spiritual growth
- Acts as a protective shield against negative energy and psychic attack
- Ancient Greeks believed it prevented drunkenness
- Used by Egyptians and early Christians as a protective and spiritual stone
- Considered a "Bishop's Stone" in Christian traditions
Chakras:
- Third Eye
- Crown
Zodiac signs:
- Aquarius
- Pisces
- Virgo
- Capricorn
Element: Air, Water
Placement:
- Bedroom: sleep, dreams
- Altar: spritual work
- Mediation space
- Office: calm focus
Works well with these crystals:
- Citrine
- Hematite
- Black Tourmaline
- Carnelian
- Clear Quartz
- Rose Quartz
- Moonstone
Works well with these herbs:
- Lavender
- Mugwort
- Chamomile
- Frankincense
Deity correspondences:
- Hekate
- Diana / Artemis
- Bacchus / Dionysus
- Isis
Care
Cautions:
- Avoid long-term inhalation of it's dust
- Can fade in prolonged sunlight
- May chip if struck
Durability: Good
Scratch resistance: Good (Mohs 7)
Toughness: Good
Stability: Stable-to-Sensitive (prevent intense light and abrupt temperature changes)
Sunlight exposure: Prolonged exposure can cause color fading
Water exposure: Safe for short exposure
Salt water exposure: Not recommended, may damage polish over time
How to store:
- Away from direct sunlight
- Away from harder stones
- Soft cloth bag
- Lined box
Usage tips:
- Avoid high heat
- Avoid harsh chemicals
- Remove Amethyst jewelry during rough activities
- Avoid ultrasonic cleaners
How to physically clean:
- Lukewarm water with mild soap
- Soft cloth
- Soft brush
How to metaphysically cleanse:
- Moonlight, especially full moon
- Smudging: Lavender, Palo Santo, Sage
- Sound: tuning fork, singing bowl
How to charge:
- Moonlight, especially full moon
- Amethyst cluster
- Clear Quartz
- Intention work
How to select:
- Choose pieces that feel cool and calming
- Deep purple tones are considered most desirable
Physical properties
How to identify:
- Purple quartz
- May range from pale lilac to deep violet
- Often translucent
Occurence:
- Brazil
- Uruguay
- South Korea
- Russia
- Zambia
- United States
- Canada
Age distribution:
- Geological age varies from 3.5 billion to 100 million years ago
- Found in geodes and veins in igneous rocks
Usage:
- Jewelry
- Meditation tools
- Decorative items
- Healing wands
- Feng Shui
- Altar pieces
Price:
- Rough/tumbled: €2-€72 depending on size
- Gem: €1.91-€200+ depending on cut and quality
- Cluster: €6.68-€100+ depending on size and origin
Rarity: Quite common and affordable
Lookalikes:
- Purple Scapolite
- Iolite
- Purple glass
Variety of: Quartz
Crystal system: Trigonal (hexagonal class)
Colors: Pale lilac to deep purple, with frequent displays of color zoning
Luster: Vitreous (glass-like)
Transparency: Transparant to translucent
Morphology: six-sided prism with steep pyramidal termination
Magnetism: None
Streak: White
Hardness: 7 (harder than a knife)
Tenacity: Brittle
Cleavage: No cleavage. Has chonchoidal fracture, appearing as a smoothly curved and fractured surface of finegrained material.
Fracture: Conchoidal
Density: 2.62-2.72 g/cm³
Chemical classification: Silicate
Formula: SiO₂
Elements listed: Silicon (Si), Oxygen (O), Iron traces (Fe, trace, causes purple color)