Purple Precious Stone

This purple gemstone is the violet variety of quartz.

Purple precious stone. The mineral zoisite naturally occurs in a wide range of colors that include colorless gray yellow brown pink green blue and violet. Amethyst has been used to ward off evil spirits from ancient times. Green gemstones set in yellow gold has a very attractive appearance. It is popular as an amulet that can avoid being affected.

It is quartz that has purple color. Hue and tone. Purple gemstones go well with all metal colors which is a factor that determines the style of the jewelry. Few cut specimens of this colorless brownish or purple stone exist.

These terms are based on old traditions from the west. What is a precious stone. Purple and violet are both a mix of blue and red with some hues being nearer to blue and others closer to red. The purple gem was highly valuable then and was in fact counted among the precious stones until the 18 th century when sizable supply of amethyst was discovered in brazil bringing down the value of the purple stone.

The name tanzanite is used for a color variety of zoisite that ranges from blue to bluish purple to bluish violet. The color is beautiful and it has high transparency. The terms purple and violet are often used interchangeably but there is a subtle. Purple gemstones and metals.

Charoite view profile with light to medium dark purple colors and swirling patterns charoite is one of the few gemstones so distinctive that a gemologist can make a sight identification with confidence. For example white metals such as platinum silver or white gold give a contemporary look to green gemstones while rose gold offers a unique vintage look. Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz sio 2 and owes its violet color to irradiation impurities of iron and in some cases other transition metals and the presence of other trace elements which result in complex crystal lattice substitutions. If you are trying a purple gemstone for the first time amethyst is a good one to use.

The hardness of the mineral is the same as quartz thus making it suitable for use in jewelry. In ancient times the amethyst was regarded as a precious gemstone higher than others. The list of gemstones below will discuss the difference between a precious stone and a semi precious stone as well as guide you to where the gemstone treatments are discussed. What is the difference between precious stones and semi precious stones.

Green gemstones go well with all metal colors but the metal color can affect the style of the jewelry. Purple and violet gemstones buy natural purple and violet gemstones from gemselect amethyst iolite tanzanite rubellite sapphire spinel gems. In classifying the most popular purple gemstones the amethyst is number one.