Amethyst color:

• basic color of amethyst is purple in varying intensities from light to dark
• translucent to transparent
• sometimes white spots

Amethyst occurrence:

• Amethyst incidence is relatively abundant, amethyst stone is easily accessible
• amethyst crystals form and amethyst geode (a cluster of crystals)
• America's largest deposits in Brazil, another site: Uruguay, Bolivia, Mexico, USA, Canada
• Africa: Madagascar, Zaur,
• Asia: Sri Lanka, Burma, China, Russia
• Europe: Germany
• and in the Czech Republic is relatively frequent amethyst, nejvěstí site is in the foothills and Třebíčsku

Amethyst geode is a tuberous body inside which are clusters of crystals of different sizes, strength and color. Amethyst Druze are very fragile, so the surface reinforces the concrete mix, which you can see in the picture as a dark gray surface. Amethyst geodes occur a little small, but large and several meters. Amethyst crystal clusters of delicately colored picture on the left make up the amethyst rose. Amethyst in the figures originate both from South Brazil.

Amethyst tumbled in the form (-shaped) stones also come from Brazil. These amethysts in the selection quality are transparent and have a beautiful color that is neither too dark nor light.

Amethyst from Namibia is characterized by white stripes to skvrnymi. Amethyst in the picture is of excellent quality and beautifully colored purple section interesting contrast with the white stripe. Amethyst from Brazil compared amethyst from Africa Namibia has a solid color and sometimes a touch of color to purple.

Amethyst in good quality is often used in jewelry. Amethyst earrings are set in quality silver 925/1000 and has a very luxurious feel. This not only creates an impression of quality workmanship throughout the earrings, but also with a faceted amethyst facetovanými plates. On these facets reflect some of the light penetrates a portion of amethyst purple glow that lit up. Pendant amethyst is cut into an oval shape which is convex from the front side. This makes the middle stone is the most intense purple color and how it permeates pendant light and this beautiful color spreads throughout the amethyst.

Author: E-kameny.cz, 18.7.2011