Ametrine Gemstone: Meaning, Healing Properties, Benefits & More

If you’re after one gemstone that will give you the power of two? Welcome to the world of the ametrine gemstone! Ametrine is a two-toned variety of quartz, combining purple amethyst and yellow to orange citrine. 

In terms of rarity, natural ametrine is somewhat rare. Bolivia is the only significant commercial source of ametrine gemstone material. However, ametrine can also be created in a lab or via gemstone treatments. 

This single gemstone can help bring positivity to your life, allowing you to release all negativity. If that sounds like an enticing enough reason to add an ametrine to your collection then keep on reading, as we go through the ins and outs of this energetic gemstone!

What is an Ametrine Gemstone?

Ametrine is a unique gemstone. The stone comes from two types of quartz being mixed together: amethyst and citrine. As you may have guessed, the name is actually a combination of the two stones that ametrine derives from.

The color of ametrine is a mixture of yellow citrine and purple amethyst blends. Other names for the ametrine gemstone include trystine or bolivianite. The latter name comes from the fact that just about all ametrine mined today is unearthed in Bolivia. 

Ametrine Properties

If you’re interested in the technical specifications of ametrine, then they are as follows:

• Mohs Hardness: 7

• Color: Color-zoned; Amethyst zones - purple to violet; Citrine zones - yellow to orange; Some stones may appear mauve, peach, rosy-gold, or champagne

• Crystal structure: Trigonal

• Luster: Vitreous (glassy)

• Transparency: Translucent to transparent

• Refractive index: 1.54-1.55

• Density: 2.65

• Cleavage: None

• Fracture: Conchoidal

• Streak: White

• Luminescence: Sometimes weak fluorescence - blue or green in LW-UV & SW-UV

• Pleochroism: Sometimes in zones; Amethyst zones - sometimes weak or moderate purple to reddish-purple; Citrine zones - sometimes weak yellow to orange

• Birefringence: 0.009

• Dispersion: 0.013

• Optical effects: Potential "optical dishes" (visible light passing through in many directions, making different uniaxial optic figures visible) if concave dishes are cut into its surface

Ametrine Color

We mentioned above that ametrine’s color is a mixture of yellow citrine and purple amethyst blends. Let’s get a little more specific, though. 

Ametrine gemstones have a wide-ranged color spectrum. Stones can be 75% yellow and 25% purple or 10% yellow and 90% purple. The most valuable and desirable ametrine gemstones have a 50-50 color balance. 

Ametrine Value

Ametrine is often found in large and clean pieces just like most other gems from the quartz family. As a result, the stone’s price doesn’t increase with size.

Ametrine’s value primarily depends on the depth, vividness and separation of its colors.

The artistry involved in cutting or carving an ametrine gemstone also adds to its value. When faceted from the same material, native cut (hand-cut or custom-cut) stones are far more expensive --- generally 40 to 70% higher --- than commercial-grade (factory-cut) stones, as you would expect. 

Somewhat similarly, ametrine carvings with more intricate, custom designs by a skilled cutter will be more valuable.

Ametrine Meaning & Uses

There are many meanings associated with ametrine gemstones. These meanings include inner strength and harmony; the stone’s ability to help us deal with emotional instability and stress; as well as its Yin and Yang energies, bringing balance to the mind of those who wear this gemstone. It's also unsurprising that ametrine inspires creativity and vitality. 

When it comes to the uses of the ametrine gemstone, if you want to get the benefits of two stones in one, then the Ametrine gemstone is for you. As we mentioned, the stone is a mixture of citrine and amethyst!

Aside from the economies of scale that this stone offers, there are other reasons you may want to use ametrine. Namely, this stone does a better job of providing the wearer with physical and psychic benefits than any other. 

One half of this stone’s benefits derive from citrine, which helps its wearers manifest desires. The issue with just wearing a citrine though is that you have to know what you desire in order to manifest it, and that’s where amethyst comes in - the second half of ametrine! The amethyst gemstone inspires our imagination and expands our minds. 

Therefore, an ametrine gemstone can help you both think up wonderful ideas, and also manifest them into reality. How’s that for one stone?!

The unique blend of colors that the ametrine gemstone possesses makes it a great stone for jewelry, which happens to be the primary use for this gem. Some of the most common pieces of jewelry that ametrine can be found in include beads, earrings, necklaces, pendants, and rings.

Alongside jewelry, ametrine gemstones are commonly included in home decor, such as crystal balls.

It is also fashioned into crystal balls as well as other home decors like crystal trees. Not only that, but this stone is also often cut into cabochons and used for metaphysical healing and purposes.

Ametrine Healing Properties

The ametrine gemstone offers a multitude of benefits to all aspects of the body, including for:

• Physical Healing

• Emotional Healing

• Chakra Healing and Balancing

Below, we dive into detail for each of the specific ametrine healing properties. 

Physical Healing

Ametrine may remove toxins and waste substances from the body, and also help rid you of long-standing illnesses. Additionally, the gemstone is said to strengthen the immune system and aid in recovering from infections.

Crystal healers recommend ametrine to remedy chronic fatigue, skin irritation, allergies, and menstrual or menopausal pains. The ametrine gemstone is also used to treat arthritis and hearing issues. 

Emotional Healing

Ametrine may help you maintain emotional self-control, helping you evaluate and work through emotional situations in an optimistic manner. Some key areas where ametrine can help in this regard include overcoming contradictions, as well as staying true to yourself and not being easily swayed by other people. 

Chakra Healing & Balancing

Being a combination of two potent crystals, ametrine can stimulate several chakras at once. Thanks to its purple amethyst energies, the ametrine gemstone can bring balance to and cleanse your crown chakra. Meanwhile, the yellow citrine energies of the ametrine gemstone help to open, energize and activate your solar plexus chakra.

Other Ametrine Gemstone Benefits

Financial Wealth

Sometimes referred to as the merchant’s stone, ametrine helps with improving your financial state. Not only does it help increase both your own wealth, but it helps ensure that you remain generous by inspiring you to help those who are in need. So, if you wish for your financial desires to become a reality, then place an ametrine gemstone in your purse or wallet.

Love & Relationships

One of the greatest benefits of this gemstone is its ability to improve your love life with your partner. This is thanks to both the amethyst and citrine gemstones naturally mingling together in one stone. The ametrine gemstone helps you and your significant other overcome your differences, helping you come together harmoniously in order to keep your wonderful relationship going.

Protection

As a highly protective crystal, the ametrine gemstone shields you from negative energies, including ill-wishing, psychic attacks, and paranormal harm - this is thanks to its purple energies. Ametrine’s yellow energies, on the other hand, will protect you against negative emotions, inspiring only positivity. 

Sleep Insomnia

Another common name for the ametrine gemstone is “nature’s tranquilizer”. This is because it is said that this gemstone aids with sleeping problems by helping soothe your mind and body. To get the full effect of ametrine in this regard, place the crystal under your pillow or mattress. 

Confidence

Thanks to its strong energies, the ametrine gemstone will help boost your confidence and will keep you positive throughout the day. Not only does this stone give you a positive energy boost, but it can also help you release negative energies that could be affecting your confidence. In the process of releasing any negative energy, the ametrine gemstone will transform any new energies into enthusiasm and strength.

Career Success

We mentioned that ametrine is a gemstone which can bring financial wealth to your life. It doesn’t stop there though. Ametrine can also bring prosperity to your career. As this crystal inspires both creativity and lateral thinking, you will find yourself coming up with innovative ideas to promote career advancement, as well as the creativity needed to get unstuck from difficult situations.

Ametrine Sources

Ametrine was originally discovered in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. But today it's exclusively unearthed -- at least for commercial purposes -- in the Anahi Mine in Bolivia. 

There are also non-commercial deposits of ametrine all around the globe, including in Canada, Mozambique, India, and the United States.

Using It With Other Stones

The ametrine gemstone already benefits from the energies of two stones, being amethyst and citrine. For that reason, we don’t recommend that you combine ametrine with any other stone. The reason is that some crystals might work well with amethyst while at the same time clash against citrine. 

If you would really like to combine your amethyst gemstone with another crystal though, here are some safe bets:

• Ametrine + Iolite

• Ametrine + Clear Quartz

• Ametrine + Black Tourmaline

How to Care for Ametrine

In terms of physically cleaning your ametrine gemstone, this is a fairly simple process. As ametrine is a fairly tough gemstone, you can clean it using warm, soapy water and a soft toothbrush. You may even resort to ultrasonic cleaning as well.

If you possess a synthetic ametrine though, we recommend you steer clear of steam cleaning as lab-created ametrines are very resistant to high levels of heat. 

As far as energy cleansing is concerned, the ametrine gemstone does not hold or accumulate negative energies and thus there is little to no need to worry about energy cleansing this stone. 

If you’re looking to recharge your ametrine though, you can do this by placing it in a bowl of natural seawater; alternatively, if you don’t have access to the sea, then using sea salt in a bowl of water will also do. 

You may also charge your ametrine gemstone using lunar energies. Leave your stone out under a full moon for the best results. 

Shop For Ametrine Gemstones

With the combined powers of the spirituality of amethyst together with the positivity of citrine, the ametrine gemstone is a powerful crystal to add to your collection. In fact, if you wish to do so, then you may shop for ametrine gemstones right on our website!

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