![]() To create a purple dye in the past was a difficult and expensive process - for thousands of years only the Phoenicians knew the secret of turning sea snails in to this luxurious color.Ĭlothes and materials dyed purple were so costly that the color became associated with only the rich royals and clergy and this exclusivity expanded to amethyst gemstones which at the time were as rare as diamonds and rubies. ![]() Purple, and its related colors such as violet, lavender and lilac, is a rare and very powerful color in nature. If you want a purple or violet gemstone - and who doesn't? - Then amethyst is the one for you. ![]() Actinolite Cat's Eye 61 Agate 681 Agate Geode 20 Almandine Garnet 38 Amazonite 229 Amethyst 3,008 Amethyst Geode Slice 84 Ametrine 223 Ammolite 462 Andalusite 207 Andesine Labradorite 151 Apatite 580 Aquamarine 117 Aventurine 140 Azotic Topaz 14 Azurite 23 Black Opal 263 Bloodstone 175 Boulder Opal 225 Carnelian 99 Cat's Eye Apatite 40 Cat's Eye Aquamarine 18 Cat's Eye Gemstones 1,151 Cat's Eye Moonstone 82 Cat's Eye Opal 178 Cat's Eye Scapolite 102 Chalcedony 142 Charoite 131 Chocolate Opal 76 Chrome Diopside 24 Chrysoberyl 111 Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye 177 Chrysocolla 74 Chrysoprase 42 Citrine 4,209 Color Change Gemstones 859 Color-Change Diaspore 737 Color-Change Fluorite 60 Color-Change Garnet 62 Coral 299 Demantoid Garnet 251 Dendritic Agate 129 Diamond 742 Druzy Amethyst 5 Druzy Azurite 23 Druzy Citrine 54 Druzy Variscite 132 Emerald 880 Enstatite 5 Fire Agate 346 Fire Opal 185 Fluorite 220 Fossil Coral 333 Garnet 5,876 Golden Beryl 192 Grandidierite 194 Grossularite Garnet 51 Hawk's Eye 1 Hematite 382 Hemimorphite 48 Hemimorphite Druzy 48 Hessonite Garnet 2,105 Hiddenite 18 Howlite 148 Idocrase 29 Imperial Topaz 12 Iolite 193 Jade Gemstones 331 Jadeite 331 Jasper 1,376 Kornerupine 251 Kunzite 410 Kyanite 664 Labradorite 530 Lapis Lazuli 243 Larimar 171 Lepidolite 56 Malachite 218 Malaya Garnet 163 Mali Garnet 13 Maw-Sit-Sit 135 Moonstone 755 Morganite 861 Moss Agate 80 Mother Of Pearl 105 Mystic Quartz 263 Mystic Topaz 42 Nuummite 125 Obsidian 255 Onyx 316 Opal 1,122 Opal Doublet 6 Opal In Matrix 20 Peanut Wood 20 Pearl 22 Peridot 1,356 Pietersite 587 Prehnite 842 Psilomelane Dendrite 26 Pyrite 17 Pyrope Garnet 1,928 Quartz 1,337 Quartz Cat's Eye 85 Quartz With Hedenbergite 10 Quartz With Marcasite 192 Rainbow Moonstone 647 Rainbow Pyrite 190 Rhodochrosite 161 Rhodolite Garnet 498 Rhodonite 43 Rose Quartz 768 Rubellite Tourmaline 16 Ruby 1,166 Ruby In Fuchsite 97 Ruby-Zoisite 221 Rutile Quartz 564 Sapphire 4,667 Scapolite 102 Scolecite 35 Seraphinite 58 Serpentine 81 Sillimanite 77 Sillimanite Cat's Eye 408 Smithsonite 1 Smoky Quartz 1,071 Snowflake Obsidian 37 Sodalite 37 Spectrolite 151 Spessartite Garnet 394 Sphalerite 338 Sphene 515 Spinel 993 Star Diopside 11 Star Garnet 58 Star Gemstones 857 Star Moonstone 99 Star Rose Quartz 20 Star Ruby 180 Star Sapphire 482 Star Sunstone 7 Strawberry Quartz 910 Sunstone 492 Tanzanite 805 Tiger's Eye 860 Tiger's Eye Matrix 171 Topaz 4,527 Tourmaline 2,115 Tsavorite Garnet 254 Turquoise 98 Uvarovite Garnet Drusy 61 Variscite 11 Zircon 2,108
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