Description
Amethyst Quartz for sale.
Amethyst, This beautiful piece of semi-precious stone is especially desirable due to the contrast between the small purple facets and the large white quartz shards protruding from the surface.
Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz. It owes its violet colour to irradiation. Irradiation is when impurities of iron and in some cases other transition metals. This results in complex crystal lattice substitutions. The hardness of the mineral is the same as quartz, thus making it suitable for use in jewellery and other applications.
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