Purple Crystal Rocks

While most popular in yellow and blue topaz also occurs as purple stones.

Purple crystal rocks.

A variety of imperial topaz this purple crystal is a rather rare color of the topaz mineral. Hue and tone. Amethyst is a well known mineral and gemstone. Pegmatites composed primarily of large crystals such as granite.

It is the purple variety of the mineral quartz and its most valuable and prized variety its name derives from the greek amethystos which means not drunken as amethyst in antiquity was thought to ward off drunkenness. The hardness of the mineral is the same as quartz thus making it suitable for use in jewelry. 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. Purple acrylic ice rock crystals treasure gems for table scatters vase fillers wedding banquet party event birthday decoration purple 150 4 7 out of 5 stars 578 6 98 6.

Although fairly rare you can find purple blue or violet minerals in these four types of rocks ordered from most to least common. Purple crystals are naturally the birthstones of people born in the new year or just after the winter solstice which is anywhere between the last week of december until the end of january.