Crystal knowledge: what kind of amethyst is the most collectable value

The English name for amethyst is Amethyst, which originates from the Greek word meaning “unbreakable. Amethyst is a crystal of light violet to deep purple, and is the most valuable member of the crystal family because crystals contain Mn and Fe3+. It is purple, transparent, and has obvious polychromaticity when viewed under dichroism, and in the case of high heat or burning, it often causes the color of the gemstone to change, becoming yellow-brown and brown, and the amethyst color is purple because of the infiltration The trace amount of Fe (iron) element, which has a high frequency, dominates the right-brain world, enhances spirituality, and opens up higher intelligence, which is an indispensable tool for students and office workers or creators who need to constantly think about their brains.

Amethyst Amethyst

Chemical formula SiO2

Crystalline: Hexagonal Hardness: 7

Specific gravity: 2.65

Refractive index: 1.54-1.55

Origin: Brazil, Uruguay, Sembia, India, South Africa, Argentina, South Korea The most valuable color of amethyst is deep purple to purple. Because of its beautiful purple color, it has always been the most popular jade variety and has a reputation as the "King of Jade." The international gemstone community defines amethyst as the "original stone in February." In addition to its elegant color, the ancients believed that amethyst could promote mutual understanding, treat each other with bona fide, bless everyone with good luck, be safe and old, and be able to resist infectious diseases and inhibit **. Amethyst has the reputation of "honest stone".

Amethyst is very versatile. Used to make jade carvings and ring faces. It is said that the bishop of the Roman church often wears amethyst rings to avoid **. The Princess of Wales has a ring of pearls and high-quality amethyst on her head. Legend has it that Caesars was eagerly pursuing amethyst and sent thousands of people to the Ural Mine to find this ore.

It is said that the most famous efficacy of amethyst is to treat epilepsy or stop alcoholics. The amethyst sobering ancestry came from Bacchus, the ancient Greek wine god. It is said that Diana, the goddess of the moon and goddess, once offended Bacchus, who was a private enemies and declared that he would eat the first woman he encountered. At this very moment, a beautiful girl, Amethyst, passes through his path, and the Bacchus calls a fierce tiger to amethyst. She is in distress when she asks for the goddess Diana. Diana rescues her. To protect her, she turned her into a pure and clean stone. Dionysian Bacchus saw all of this, suddenly awakened, in order to apologize, poured the wine on the petrified body of amethyst. Because of the legend's connection with Dionysian Bacchus, people have long insisted that drinking with amethyst cups, even if they drink too much, can make drinkers free from intoxication and lose their sense of intellect.

At the beginning of the 20th century, a stunning amethyst sample was found in Brazil. It was 33 feet long, 5.5 feet wide, and weighed about 35 tons. It was bread-like, and it was indeed the world's most amethyst.

Amethyst is the most noble and beautiful member of the crystal family, also known as Feng Shui Stone. Japanese people call amethyst an energy stone. The amethyst color is purple, because a trace of Fe (iron) is infiltrated, and iron oxide is the main cause of its bright purple color. Amethyst also forms other patterns, most of which are inward-facing crystal (amethyst) growth, while outwardly growing amethyst clusters (mostly white crystal clusters on the market) are extremely rare. Amethyst ethnic groups are widely distributed around the world and can be classified by region and color:

Amethyst produced by purple Uruguay in Uruguay has always been the highest shade of purple in amethyst. This purple color is very deep, very beautiful, with a burgundy "flare." Close to production in recent years is a must-have item in high-end jewelry stores around the world.

Korean violet is also very dark, but the main colors are somewhat "blue-purple". This is also a very tender and pleasing color. Unfortunately, in recent years, production has become less and less.

Sambia's purple color is very deep, and some are deep to dark purple. However, the volume is generally very small, with a maximum of several carats per unit. However, there are many others, and it is rare to see large-scale Americans. There are a lot of deep purple amethyst bracelets and rosary, which is used by this Sambia crystal stone.

Brazil Purple Brazil Amethyst produces the most, and generally speaking, the colors are lighter. Most of the colors are not too light, or they are biased toward "Purple, Eggplant, Purple," but occasionally, they will find beautiful products with beautiful shades.

The main representative of the purple Bolivian origin in Bolivia is the amethyst, and its quality generally has a middle and upper level of quality, because Bolivia's geothermal activity is quite frequent, so the amethyst extracted, or more Or there are obvious purple yellow ribbons, quite beautiful.

Amethyst Amethyst is formed because the amethyst connotation Fe2+, after a long period of high-temperature heating will begin a physical change into trivalent iron Fe3 +, in general, many stores will inform consumers that amethyst is Can not use the sun to clean degaussing, the main reason is the same. Simple data:

When the temperature reaches nearly 100 degrees, the amethyst's color will begin to fade. When the temperature reaches nearly 200 degrees, the amethyst's color will begin to become transparent. When the temperature reaches nearly 450 degrees, the color of amethyst will begin to turn yellow.

The ametrine is the yellow ribbon formed after the amethyst is heated by natural high temperature (such as geothermal, hot spring or volcanic activity). The ametrine is quite pleasing in the crystal world because it has the color of amethyst. In addition, it has the texture of yellow crystal, and the junction between purple and yellow is more gradual light permeability, quite beautiful.