The typical color is a rich purple and, depending on the light, may show a change of color. It is the highest prized variety of quartz. The best quality comes from Russia, Uruguay, Madagascar, India, South Africa, East Africa region, Brazil and United States. In the last century it was high priced, but due to new discoveries prices fell somewhat. Amethyst is also produced in laboratories.
Synthetic material looks almost the same as natural stone.
Their prices are not much lower than natural gemstones. The digital photograph can not reflect the actual appearance and fine quality of our amethyst gemstones.