Although purple has been a color used in jewelry since ancient times there aren t many purple gemstones.
Purple green gemstone name.
Unlike red blue and green that have thousands of gemstones to make your choice from purple gemstones are relatively rare.
The most famous purple gemstone is amethyst.
Discovered only in 1967 in tanzania hence the name tanzanite this purple crystal is a variety of zoisite which is a glassy mineral also found in green and yellow.
Purple gemstones are not as popular as other colors.
It is not a naturally colored gemstone.
Amethyst has been used to ward off evil spirits from ancient times.
Green gemstones and metals.
However most apatite stones have visible inclusions.
The one with mixed color is also circulating in the name of rainbow fluorite.
It is quartz that has purple color.
Green gemstones go well with all metal colors but the metal color can affect the style of the jewelry.
Tanzanite has become quite a popular purple gem that the relatively new gemstone was designated as modern birthstone for december.
Green apatite is lustrous and beautiful.
Fluorite is also a gemstone with various colors mixed.
Green apatite this is a rarer apatite color and comes in a variety of shades.
Purple generally is related to power and wealth.
It would be fun to collect different color combinations.
Compared to other colors such as blue red and green that have hundreds of gemstone varieties to choose from the number of purple gemstones is quite small.
Purple is often connected to royalty and nobility power and wealth.
The color is beautiful and it has high transparency.