A Grade Chevron Amethyst Large Tumble
$27.00
Use chevron amethyst on a chakra serves to release the tensions held there and energise the areas. These are unusually large tumble versions.
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It was wow when we saw this Chevron Amethyst large tumbles on a business trip. The purple is an amazing colour – nice Royal Purple contrasting with the pure white. They display the wonderful banding which is why this is also known as banded amethyst.
I find this crystal is particular good for those people who tend to run on adrenalin as it slows/calms them down by helping them to come out of the busy mind and back to connecting to their body and the Earth. I have had several customers report that it does help dispense migraines and reduce insomnia. Read more on the Healing tab.
Dimensions are for the longest chevron amethyst large tumble. I will intuit which of these meet your needs.
| Weight | 68 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 73 × 36 × 23 mm |
| Colour | Purple / Violet |
| Country Crystal Grew | India |
| Country of Shaping | |
| Size | Medium |
Healing Properties
Benefits of Clear Quartz and Common Variations
General Clear Quartz Properties
Note facet shape adds to properties read about the faces here.
Additional Properties of Variations
Peruvian Needle Clear Quartz
From the Andes Mountains
Cacoxenite in Quartz
Beautiful tufts / strands of gold, yellow and brown - often fanning. Mainly found in amethyst or quartz from Brazil
Cacoxenite in quartz raises spiritual awareness and "provides a loving and ethereal connection between all of the universe. It encourages a conscious awareness of the significance in random events to guide us on the right path, and in sensing the essence of the Creator in the beauty of nature and the kindness of people." [Melody, 177][Eason, 105]Hall, 81]
Chlorite in Quartz
Green spots and splashes in clear quartz. Most often from Brazil. Emerald green colour coated all over a quartz cluster is painted quartz from China - the quartz is usually a milky quartz that wouldn't have sold easily.
Garden Quartz / Lodolite
Inclusions may be one or more of the following: hematite, chlorite, carbon, kaolinite, clay, etc. Most often from Brazil.
Geological Information
Geological Information for Amethyst
A member of the quartz family with iron in its crystal lattice being naturally irradiated to FE4+ creating purple colour, hence why the colour is uneven.- As the colour of amethyst is caused by iron-based colour centres, iron minerals are often companions of amethyst. Of those three, goethite, lepidocrocite, and hematite frequently occur as inclusions. If large amounts of FE3+ and FE4+ both exist in a piece you have citrine + amethyst which is called Ametrine.
- Amethyst comes in some wonderful structures:
- points and double terminators;
- caves (and broken in to clusters)
- Amethyst is grows with a matrix of agate or basalt.
- clusters like clear quartz,
- elestials;
- fairy amethyst (very small druzy crystals emerging from the side of the main point);
- spirit amethyst (side points are more visible to the naked eye);
- cactus or pineapple amethyst (like spirit amethyst but the side points are quite large e.g.5-20% of the size of the main termination);
- flowers and angel wings,
- rosettes
- layered with chevron patterning.
- More information at geological information on Wikipedia and this German website: here.
General Identification
- Type: Mineral
- Category: oxide
- Formula: Silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2)
- Crystal system: Trigonal
- Crystal class: Trapezohedral (32)
- Colour: pale to dark purple, violet, lavender, indigo, + citrine (ametrine), + smoky quartz (smoky amethyst), + clear quartz, + green quartz (amegreen)
- Crystal habit: 6-sided prism ending in 6-sided pyramid (typical)
- Mohs hardness: 7–lower if impure varieties
- Lustre / Diaphaneity: Transparent to translucent, Vitreous/glassy
Special Notes
- Points and small clusters are good for individual healing.
- Caves and clusters are good for a clear and expanding the energies of a space.
- TAKE CARE - amethyst fades in the sun
- Found as caves which then get broken up into clusters and points.
- Specialised shapes: amethyst shapes include Amethyst Rosette / Amethyst Hedgehog Uncommon
- Very unusual shapes not related to amethyst caves:
- Spirit Quartz
- Amethyst elestial (specialised variety - Amethyst Flower)
- Points and clusters that grow like clear quartz as in Brandberg, Vera Cruz, etc.
Specialised Varieties
Auralite-23
- Not to be confused with geological mineral Auralite which has little information about it either. Auralite-23 is a trademark of Robert Simmons and geologists refute all the information being given in this section by the "channelling" of Robert. They believe it to just be an amethyst variation.
- "Scientifically proven as the world's oldest crystal - developed more than 1.5 billion years ago." Note: I personally disagree with this assertion also.
- "Made up of at least 17 of the following 23 healing stones: Titanite, Cacoxenite, Lepidocrosite, Ajoite, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Goethite, Pyrolusite, Gold, Silver, Platinum, Nickel, Copper, Iron, Rutile, Limonite, Sphalerite, Covellite, Chalcopyrite, Gialite, Epidote, Bornite"
Brandberg Amethyst (also Brandberg Clear Quartz and Smoky Quartz)
- From Namibia's highest mountain, Brandberg Mountain.
- Grow like clear quartz clusters.
- The Brandberg is a spiritual site of great significance to the San (Bushman) tribes - more about the location.
- The crystals are collected by locals rather than formal mining techniques as in Brazil.
Veracruz Amethyst
- From Veracruz, Mexico.
- Grow like clear quartz clusters.
- The crystals are collected by locals rather than formal mining.
