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The Purple Challenge - October 2008

Purple Minerals

October 1st 2008 04:06

PURPLE MINERALS

Purple is not a common color for various reasons and usually appears in combination with other colors and this applys to minerals too. There are flecks and tinges and shimmers of purple in Granite and porphyry and fire opals and mother of pearl.

Lapis Lazuli has a whisper of purple that makes ultramarine blue an excellent basis for mixing purple for painters and other craftspersons.

a cut gemstone
a wellcut gemstone is truly a precious thing


Gems however can have stronger purples. The variant of Quartz known as Amethyst, purple Spinel, Iolite, and Zoisite, can be blue or purple.

another gem
iolite


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