Top Three Benefits of Amethyst Gems
- Protects you from negative energy
- Enhances your intuition & psychic abilities
- Helps you break bad habits
Amethyst Healing Properties
Curious about the metaphysical properties & spiritual meaning of amethyst? You’re not alone. The lovely purple amethyst gem is one of the most popular gemstones for jewelry and the one most associated with crystal healing. Amethyst is a powerhouse stone with many benefits. It is used for protection, intuition, spirituality, and helping to change bad habits or addictions.
Amethyst for Spiritual Protection
Amethyst vibrates at a high frequency, creating a bubble of spiritual protection against negative energy. Amethyst acts as a protective ward when journeying in other realms. It vibrates at a high frequency which blocks lower frequencies. Its “bubble of light” protects you and helps maintain your focus and intention.
As you work with a natural amethyst crystal, you will be more clear and grounded in your true nature. This will protect you from negative influence. Simply carrying a tumbled stone in your pocket will help your aura align with its energy.
Amethyst for Enhancing Intuition
Amethyst awakens higher consciousness and facilitates meditation and intuition. It can help you make wiser decisions free of emotional confusion, increase your inner strength, and deepen your spiritual awareness.
Amethyst supports the 6th or third eye chakra, and 7th or crown chakra. This provides a boost to psychic abilities, intuition, and mental understanding. If you are wanting to feel more spiritually connected, meditate or pray with amethyst crystals. The crown chakra is your gateway to higher energies and Divine knowledge and understanding, and amethyst gems can support that connection. It can help you tune into the energy of the violet flame, a spiritual energy of freedom and transformation.
You can use amethyst stones in meditation to achieve high-frequency states. It can also assist in contacting your guides and spiritual allies. If you are trying to improve your psychic ability, amethyst should be one of your main crystals.
Amethyst for Breaking Bad Habits
Amethyst is a purification stone on many levels. First, it purifies the aura directly. Secondly, it supports you to make decisions that keep you clear-headed. For example, it can help you avoid or quit smoking, drinking, or taking drugs.
Amethyst stones help you be the best version of yourself. It can help you drop unhelpful habits and shift into higher states of consciousness. These habits might be physical or mental, including negative thoughts. The end result is spiritual wisdom grounded in a felt sense of wellbeing.
Amethyst for Healing & Wellbeing
Wearing a purple amethyst crystal every day helps with mental balance and general health. Amethyst is a very attractive stone, meaning it’s not hard to wear! Be sure to regularly clear the stone of energy it might pick up. An easy method is to run it under water while holding the intention of clearing the stone.
Amethyst is a healing stone for placing in your home or workplace. Amethyst geodes and crystals help purify the atmosphere and create clarity and protection. Amethyst is a wellness crystal, meaning a large amethyst cluster in the vicinity benefits everyone!
Types of Amethyst
Black Amethyst Meaning Black Amethyst is amethyst stone with inclusions of hematite. This makes it darker so it looks like a mix of black and deep purple. It combines the healing properties and meaning of amethyst stones with hematite. This adds a grounding element which makes it a great stone for metaphysical work. Hematite supports the root chakra while amethyst stimulates your higher chakras.
Moroccan Amethyst is a deep purple variety of amethyst from Morocco that often contains chevrons and crackle-look to it and violet fire. Its gemstone meaning is the same as amethyst in general.
Ametrine is a combination of Citrine and Amethyst. They are both varieties of quartz and sometimes occur together. Read more about ametrine to understand how the qualities of these two stones combine.
Green Amethyst “Green amethyst” is more properly called prasiolite because amethyst is purple by definition. While it can occur naturally, most Prasiolite is heat-treated amethyst that is pale green in color.
Combining Amethyst with Other Stones
Amethyst combines well with other forms of quartz, like Citrine, Rose Quartz, Clear Quartz, Angel Aura Quartz, and Smoky Quartz. Quartz is an amplification stone in general, so various forms of quartz work together to amplify each others properties. Here are some combinations to try:
- Amethyst + Citrine = abundance and financial protection
- Amethyst + Rose Quartz = spiritual love and partnership
- Amethyst + Clear Quartz = amplification of amethyst properties
- Amethyst + Smoky Quartz = protection and purification
- Amethyst + Angel Aura Quartz = opening your crown chakra to intuitive guidance and messages
Other good stones to combine with amethyst include Black Tourmaline for protection and Selenite for energy clearing and spiritual growth.
Amethyst as a Gemstone
Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz crystal. Its purple color ranges from light lavender to dark violet and it is usually translucent. Like all quartz, purple amethyst gemstones are a commonly used crystal in metaphysical work. Amethyst is found in many parts of the world. Only a few countries provide darker high-quality gemstones. Other common varieties of quartz include rose quartz and carnelian.
Many stones have fake varieties but there’s no real point to making synthetic amethyst because natural amethyst is common and inexpensive. The only thing you need to look out for is glass that is only purple colored but fancily named amethyst.
About the Stone
Amethyst is a 7 on the Mohs scale of hardness. The only difference between regular clear quartz crystal and amethyst is the color. The purple is caused by iron and aluminum that were present while the stone was forming. Amethyst is always a shade of purple, sometimes very light, other times very dark. Occasionally you will find red dots or red or blue hues in the stone.
Ametrine
Amethyst and citrine are closely related. Citrine is formed when amethyst is exposed to heat when forming. Sometimes people even call citrine “burnt amethyst”. When citrine and amethyst are found together in one piece, it is called ametrine and is very sought after.
Amethyst is the birthstone for February. It also has meaning to the astrological signs Pisces, Aries, Aquarius, and Sagittarius.
Where Does Amethyst Come From?
Amethyst crystal is produced in Russia, India, Brazil, US, Canada, Australia, and South Korea.
Amethyst jewelry and other uses date back to Neolithic times 25,000 years ago. It has often been associated with royalty, and used in crowns and royal rings. It was once a precious stone, but it is now common enough to be considered semi-precious.
Can You Put Amethyst in Water?
Yes! It is perfectly safe to submerge amethyst crystals in water. Feel free to shower and bathe with your amethyst, or put it in your water bottle to make a crystal elixir.
How Do You Cleanse Your Amethyst Crystal?
There are many ways to cleanse, clear, and activate crystals. The most popular ones are to run it under water, submerge it in a clear stream, put it out in the moonlight, put it near a healthy houseplant, set it on a selenite plate, burn sage or palo santo, or use chimes or singing bowls. Whatever makes you feel clear and peaceful will also help your crystals.
Can Amethyst Lose or Change Its Color?
Yes, if left in sunlight, amethyst can begin to fade. It won’t become a different color, but it will become more pale.
If heat-treated at very high temperatures, amethyst can turn golden-yellow or green, but that won’t happen at home. 😉
Which Month is Amethyst the Birthstone for?
Amethyst is the birthstone for February.
Is Amethyst Good for Engagement Rings?
Yes! We have a whole page of Amethyst Engagement Rings.
What is Amethyst’s Lore, Symbolism, & Historical Meaning?
The word amethyst comes from Greek and means “to not intoxicate”. Amethyst meaning among ancient Greeks and Romans included being used to cure drunkenness. Amethyst has also been used for help with insomnia, grief, and addictions.
Is Amethyst Good to Use in Jewelry?
Amethyst gemstones are very popular in jewelry. They are hard enough to be durable and are readily available and affordable. Even high-grade material is relatively inexpensive. They are also available in a huge range of sizes and shapes. Amethyst jewelry is beautiful, powerful, and beneficial!
Uses: Balance, Empaths, Intuition & Psychic Abilities, Meditation, Positive Energy, Protection, Purification, WisdomType of: Quartz
Color: Purple Gemstones
