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Amethyst is mined using underground mining. Many times it is found using drift mining. Amethyst is not in veins. It is chunks attached to granite. It is mined in: Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Canada, Zambia, South Africa, and the United States (North Carolina, Maine, Pennsylvania, Arizona).

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Q: How do you extract amethyst from the earth?
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