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Amethyst is a violet form of quartz.
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∙ 12y agoAmethyst is a violet form of quartz. Iron has contaminated the quartz and given it the violet color.
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How are amethyst and quartz different?
Amethyst is a form of quartz that that contains impurities that make it purple.
Is amethyst an rock or mineral?
Amethyst is a mineral, a form of quartz.
What is the mineral group for amethyst?
Amethyst, a form of quartz, is in the silicate mineral group.
Is there pink amethyst?
Amethyst is purple or violet quartz, used as a gem stone.
What category is the gemstone amethyst in?
Amethyst is a variety of a quartz.
Amethyst is the what form quartz?
Amethyst is a violet form of quartz.
What is the purple form of quartz?
Amethyst is the purple form of quartz.
How are amethyst and quartz different?
Amethyst is a form of quartz that that contains impurities that make it purple.
Is amethyst an rock or mineral?
Amethyst is a mineral, a form of quartz.
Amethyst is what form quartz?
gemstone
Is amethyst the gem form of quartz?
Yes.
What is the mineral group for amethyst?
Amethyst, a form of quartz, is in the silicate mineral group.
What type of rock is amethyst quartz?
yes, it is. amethyst is a purple type of quartz.
Is there traces of quartz in amethyst?
Amethyst is purple quartz.
What is amethyst made from?
Amethyst is a purple form of quartz, SiO2, and is colored by traces of iron and aluminum.
What mineral forms amethyst?
Amethyst is colored quartz. Quartz is the crystalline form of silicone dioxide. The purple color of amethyst is believed to be a result of the effects of ferric iron and aluminum as the crystal is formed.
Is amethyst related to rocks and minerals?
Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz. Quartz is Silicon Dioxide SiO2. The color comes from trace elements of manganese/Iron Oxide Fe2O3. To get the best color and best uniform color amethyst is heated.
