Amethyst
At a glance
- Type
- Mineral
- Group
- Oxide
- Crystal system
- Trigonal
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Colour
- Purple
- Lustre
- Glassy
- Use
- Gemstone
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- Its Greek name means not drunken, because it was said to protect its wearer from drunkenness.
- Amethyst crystals often grow inside hollow rocks called geodes, and some geodes are taller than a person.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q79058 · All stones · All entries