Weight – 6.12 oz’s – 173.5 gm’s
Dimensions – 2.723″ x 1.763″ long/wide (6.918 x 4.479 cm’s)
Country of Origin – Brazil
Polished Rainbow Amethyst Point/Tower
USD $28.00
SKU: P5436
This specimen is Color Zoned Rainbow Amethyst, cut and polished into a Point/Tower. It has a Rich pop of color while also hiding some very tiny rainbows throughout. Amethyst is the corner stone of any crystal healing collection. A must have! This stone is a very worthwhile addition to anyone’s collection. It has a wide variety of uses and comes in handy shapes, forms and tools!
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Origins & Background
Amethyst has been valued across cultures for thousands of years for its rich violet coloration and its association with clarity, balance, and composure. The name Amethyst originates from the Greek word amethystos, meaning “not intoxicated,” reflecting an ancient belief that the stone helped maintain clear thinking and moderation.
Historically, Amethyst was considered a stone of royalty and spiritual authority. It adorned crowns, rings, and ceremonial objects in Ancient Greece and Rome and later throughout medieval Europe. Its purple color was rare and strongly associated with wisdom, restraint, and elevated status.
Significant Amethyst deposits are found in Brazil, Uruguay, Zambia, Madagascar, and Russia. Each locality produces crystals with distinctive growth habits, color zoning, and internal features, making provenance an important consideration for collectors and natural crystal enthusiasts.
Amethyst’s coloration develops through trace amounts of iron within the Quartz lattice combined with natural irradiation and geological heating over extended time periods. This process often creates layered growth zones that contribute to the depth and visual complexity seen in higher-quality specimens.
Some Amethyst crystals display structural growth features such as internal windows, phantoms, record keepers, and time-link faces. These are physical indicators of crystal formation rather than symbolic traits and are valued for the insight they provide into natural growth processes.
Geological Information
Amethyst is a violet variety of Quartz (Silicon Dioxide – SiO₂) that typically forms within cavities, veins, and geodes in igneous and metamorphic rock environments. Crystals usually grow as hexagonal prisms with pointed terminations.
The purple coloration results from trace iron incorporated into the Quartz structure combined with natural irradiation from surrounding rock. Subsequent geological heating stabilizes these color centers, producing hues that range from pale lavender to deep royal purple.
Amethyst commonly forms in volcanic environments, particularly within gas cavities of cooling basalt flows. Over millions of years, silica-rich fluids crystallize slowly, allowing layered growth and the development of internal zoning and structural features.
Common Geological Occurrences
- Volcanic basalt cavities and geodes
- Hydrothermal Quartz veins
- Metamorphic rock environments
Physical Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Mineral Species | Quartz (Amethyst variety) |
| Chemical Formula | SiO₂ |
| Crystal System | Trigonal |
| Hardness (Mohs Scale) | 7 |
| Luster | Vitreous |
| Transparency | Transparent to translucent |
| Fracture | Conchoidal |
Crystal Care & Ownership Advice
⚠️ Sunlight & Heat:
Prolonged exposure to intense sunlight or heat may cause some Amethyst specimens to fade over time. For long-term preservation, extended placement in direct sunlight is best avoided.
✋ Handling:
Amethyst is relatively durable, but sharp impacts can chip crystal points or edges. Handle specimens gently, especially clusters and terminated points.
🧼 Cleaning:
Clean Amethyst using lukewarm water and a soft brush. Avoid harsh chemicals, ultrasonic cleaners, or abrasive tools, which may damage crystal surfaces.
📦 Storage & Display:
Prolonged exposure to intense sunlight or high heat may cause some Amethyst specimens to fade over time.
For long-term preservation, extended placement in direct sunlight is best avoided. Indirect light or filtered natural light is ideal for display. This preserves color while still allowing the crystal’s natural beauty to be appreciated.
Rainbow Quartz
For what and How Does One Use it?
Rainbow Crystals are very good manifestation crystals – as they have all colors of the rainbow inside them. This means they stimulate every chakra, thus stimulating every creative level possible. The full spectrum of colors make it easier to bring these manifestations into physical reality.
A good manifesting meditation exercise to do with a rainbow crystal is to lie down – place the crystal on your solar plexus. Now using visualization – concentrate on breathing in each color through the crystal, then on wards through the solar plexus and into the chakra concerned. Start with red for the root chakra, orange for sacral, gold for solar plexus, green then pink for the heart, blue for the throat, purple for the third eye, and white light for the crown. Seven breaths for each chakra should suffice. Now you are attuned to the crystal and have activated the 7 chakras – you are ready to use conscious intent to place your manifestation wishes within the quartz using the crystal programming technique. Once you feel comfortable the crystal has received what you wish to manifest into your life – the crystal will go on radiating that program 24/7, vastly accelerating the manifestation process.
Rainbow Quartz Crystals come in all the different flavors and varieties of quartz. The rainbows help expand that crystals default properties. An example would be the default root chakra grounding properties of Smoky Quartz will be expanded to the rest of the chakras covered by that particular rainbows color spectrum. These higher energies generated by the rainbow will be grounded into each chakra by the Smoky Quartz grounding properties.
Read more regarding Rainbow Quartz Properties at the link below (will open in a new tab/window)….
http://crystal-information.com/encyclopedia/rainbow-quartz/
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