Quartzes can be treated with heat to boost color or clear blemishes but Amethyst is often sold as a completely natural untreated gemstone.Īny treatments are clearly and fully disclosed on our product pages.
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Nice amethysts can be $5 - $50 dollars per carat all the way up to 10 carats in weight and even larger stones will max out at $80 per carat for the finest quality gemstones with excellent clarity and highly skilled cutting and are often quite a bit less.įor more details please refer to our full Amethyst Info page here Treatments
Unlike other gemstones like rubies and sapphires, amethyst can be found in large carat sizes quite easily, so the price does not rise dramatically as the carat size increases. Of course some people prefer the more subtle or pastel colored versions and really with such an affordable gemstone there is not that much price variation between the dark and light stones. An even color throughout the stone is preferred and any gem which has flashes of red or blue will increase in value. Amethyst PriceĪmethysts were once as valuable and prized as rubies, emeralds and sapphires but huge discoveries in the 19th century by settlers in Brazil brought the prices down dramatically - suddenly this lovely gemstone was available to everyone.Ĭolor is the driving force behind the price of amethyst with the deep purple color being the most sought after. Amethyst SpeciesĪmethyst is a type of quartz which includes such famous names as Citrine, Smoky Quartz and Rose Quartz in its family of gemstones. Some of the finest examples can display flashes of pink, red or blue as they are turned from angle to angle or moved from one light source to another. The color of amethyst ranges from delicate lilacs and lavenders all the way through plums and violets to the deepest purples and aubergines. 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 63 Agate 651 Agate Geode 25 Almandine Garnet 54 Amazonite 239 Amethyst 2,973 Amethyst Geode Slice 1 Ametrine 314 Ammolite 489 Andalusite 234 Andesine Labradorite 159 Apatite 569 Aquamarine 238 Aventurine 90 Azurite 16 Black Opal 120 Bloodstone 122 Boulder Opal 190 Carnelian 100 Cat's Eye Apatite 45 Cat's Eye Aquamarine 19 Cat's Eye Gemstones 1,134 Cat's Eye Moonstone 163 Cat's Eye Opal 105 Cat's Eye Scapolite 129 Chalcedony 139 Charoite 162 Chocolate Opal 85 Chrome Diopside 13 Chrome Tourmaline 3 Chrysoberyl 132 Chrysoberyl Cat's Eye 93 Chrysocolla 93 Chrysoprase 98 Citrine 4,256 Color Change Gemstones 985 Color-Change Diaspore 834 Color-Change Fluorite 71 Color-Change Garnet 75 Color-Change Sapphire 4 Coral 322 Demantoid Garnet 294 Dendritic Agate 83 Diamond 249 Druzy Amethyst 6 Druzy Azurite 16 Druzy Variscite 69 Emerald 406 Enstatite 5 Fire Agate 272 Fire Opal 155 Fluorite 242 Fossil Coral 346 Garnet 5,888 Golden Beryl 265 Grandidierite 213 Grossularite Garnet 69 Hawk's Eye 1 Hematite 398 Hemimorphite 53 Hemimorphite Druzy 53 Hessonite Garnet 2,060 Howlite 172 Hyalite Opal 1 Idocrase 8 Imperial Topaz 13 Iolite 127 Jade Gemstones 402 Jadeite 402 Jasper 1,256 Kornerupine 202 Kunzite 103 Kyanite 482 Labradorite 413 Lapis Lazuli 184 Larimar 111 Malachite 188 Malaya Garnet 194 Mali Garnet 19 Maw-Sit-Sit 139 Moonstone 804 Morganite 960 Mother Of Pearl 114 Mystic Topaz 116 Nuummite 148 Obsidian 228 Onyx 143 Opal 881 Opal Doublet 25 Opal In Matrix 23 Pearl 27 Peridot 1,393 Pietersite 370 Prehnite 898 Pyrite 21 Pyrope Garnet 2,084 Quartz 1,461 Quartz Cat's Eye 108 Quartz With Hedenbergite 11 Quartz With Marcasite 204 Rainbow Moonstone 425 Rainbow Pyrite 219 Rhodochrosite 186 Rhodolite Garnet 573 Rose Quartz 865 Rubellite Tourmaline 34 Ruby 1,121 Ruby In Fuchsite 98 Ruby-Zoisite 231 Rutile Quartz 697 Sapphire 8,052 Scapolite 129 Scolecite 40 Seraphinite 74 Serpentine 63 Sillimanite 90 Sillimanite Cat's Eye 409 Smithsonite 1 Smoky Quartz 1,283 Snowflake Obsidian 46 Sodalite 39 Spectrolite 94 Spessartite Garnet 220 Sphene 434 Spinel 871 Star Diopside 29 Star Garnet 11 Star Gemstones 750 Star Moonstone 124 Star Rose Quartz 23 Star Ruby 206 Star Sapphire 357 Strawberry Quartz 973 Sunstone 540 Tanzanite 871 Tiger's Eye 565 Tiger's Eye Matrix 16 Topaz 4,517 Tourmaline 2,043 Tsavorite Garnet 235 Turquoise 141 Variscite 17 Zircon 2,320