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Prasiolite or Green Amethyst: Information and Buying guide

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Prasiolite or vermarine is the leek green Variety of Quartz

Prasiolite is usually produced by heat-treating Amethyst to change the gem from pink to leek green.

Almost all Prasiolite has come from one small mine in Brazil. The rest come from Arizona in the United States.

The work Prasiolite comes from the Greek words "Prason" and "Lithos," which mean 'leek' and 'stone' due to the gems Leek green color.

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Green Amethyst

Prasiolite has a Refractive Index of 1.55 and Specific Gravity of 2.65, with hardness of 7 on the Moh's Scale.

Like all Quartz gems, this stone is hearty and can be worn every day.

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Prasiolite can easily confused with other gems

Green Amethyst Prasiolite oval Concave cut

Prasiolite come in a wide range of green to greenish yellow shades. becuse of this Prasiolite can be mistaken for other gem such as Peridot, Tourmaline and Green Beryl.

Below are Peridot, Tourmaline, Green Beryl and Prasiolite. Can you tell which is which?

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Can you tell the difference?

Which is which?

Peridot, Tourmaline, Green Beryl, Sphene or Prasiolite.

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Green Amethyst

There is not such thing as Green Amethyst

Large checker board cut Prasiolite Marquise

The term Green Amethyst is a misnomer. Amethyst by definition is always Purple.
Unscrewpleless gem tellivion sellers coined the term Green Amethyst to make Prasiolite sound rare and more valuable.
Many people fell for this sales tactic.

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Photahsiamirabel Feb 13, 2011 @ 10:23 am | delete

I visited because I had no idea what Prasiolite was. I like purple, so amethyst is a favorite anyway. Great lens :)

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spinningtop Aug 11, 2010 @ 1:54 am | delete

Thank you for introduce not well-known gemstone to readers.
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EvieJewelry Nov 10, 2007 @ 3:05 pm | delete

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