Known In The Trade as, “Siberian Quality.” Only Uruguay is producing this red-flash quality untreated by heat, or radiation currently. MOST DESIRABLE - Deep Purple, Slight Blue Hue, Flawless Clarity, Rare Red Flash. It sells for much less amd is commercial grade. But when we find natural top material can be very nice.īrazil except for the rare, vivid, saturated purple with no secondary hues/tones is not as desirable as Uruguayan material. Its the gem thats most commonly associated with the color purple, even though there are other. Some of the new African Material is very dark purple, sometimes too dark or muddy, and frequently is treated with heat or radiation. Amethyst is the purple variety of the quartz mineral species. We bought the best of the best several years ago but now have to buy it gem by gem, as it appears.Ĥ-Peaks mine (Arizona) was mined out due to over-mining by China and is primarily a museum now. Uruguayan material is disappearing like the Siberian material from Russia. Top -quality Uruguay Amethyst which is deep purple, usually flawless, has the underlying blue hue and sparks in red like the finest Siberian Amethysts is expensive and getting scarce. Amethyst from Russia, colloquially known as 'Siberian Amethyst', is very deeply colored with reddish and bluish tints. For example, Amethyst from Uruguay has a deep purplish-blue color, as does Amethyst from Arizona. Most Brazilian Amethyst material does not contain the blue hue, nor the red flash and is lighter than Siberian Quality material. Amethyst comes from many different mining sources, some of which produce distinct color styles. Unfortunately, this material has been mined out.īrazil will occasionally produce a rare super saturated bright purple with no secondary hues but only rarely. It was prized by royalty and was deep purple with a slight blue hue and sparks of red would appear randomly. Some of the finest Amethyst used to come from Siberia, Russia. Amethysts that have the color of weak, grape kool-aid are inexpensive, and not very attractive. The main factor to take into account when valuing an Amethyst is color.
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