Amethyst is the crystal most people meet first, and it is still the one that leaves our shop in the greatest numbers. Raw clusters and chunks, polished points and towers, tumblestones, spheres, hand-carved pieces and silver jewellery.
The colour runs from the palest lilac through to the deep purple of Uruguayan geodes, and no two pieces come out of the ground alike. Traditionally amethyst is the stone of calm and clear thinking, long associated with the crown chakra and with meditation. It is also February's birthstone, which keeps it a steady favourite for birthday gifts.
Every amethyst on this page is hand-picked by us and photographed on its own, so the piece in the picture is the piece that arrives. We have been choosing stones from our shop on South Street in St Andrews since 1999, and we post amethyst crystals anywhere in the UK.