Purple rocks & minerals
Purple rocks and minerals are rare on the whole. Amethyst, fluorite, charoite, sugilite, and a few others are the usual suspects, with manganese, iron, or radiation-induced color centers driving the hue.
55 purple rocks and minerals in this encyclopedia.
Amethystcommongemstone · Mohs 7purple, violet, lavender
Amethyst Geodecommonmineral · Mohs 7purple, violet
Ametrineuncommongemstone · Mohs 7yellow, purple, violet
Apatitecommonmineral · Mohs 5green, blue, yellow
Benitoiteraremineral · Mohs 6-6.5blue, colorless, white
Bornitecommonmineral · Mohs 3-3.25copper red, bronze, iridescent blue
Brazilian Geodecommonmineral · Mohs 7purple, white, clear
Cactus Quartzuncommonmineral · Mohs 7purple, white, yellow
Charoiteraremineral · Mohs 5-6lavender, violet, purple
Chevron Amethystcommongemstone · Mohs 7purple, white, violet
Color Change Garnetraregemstone · Mohs 7-7.5blue, green, purple
Fluoritecommonmineral · Mohs 4purple, blue, green
Geodecommonsedimentary · Mohs 7white, gray, brown
Iridescent Ammoniterarefossil · Mohs 3.5-4iridescent, red, green
Keokuk Geodecommonmineral · Mohs 7clear, white, gray
Laguna Agateuncommonmineral · Mohs 6.5-7red, orange, yellow
Las Choyas Coconut Geodecommonmineral · Mohs 7white, clear, purple
Lepidolitecommonmineral · Mohs 2.5-4lilac, pink, violet
Octahedral Fluoritecommonmineral · Mohs 4purple, blue, green
Owyhee Thundereggcommonmineral · Mohs 6.5-7blue, purple, white
Phantom Quartzcommonmineral · Mohs 7colorless, white, gray
Rhodolitecommongemstone · Mohs 7-7.5pink, red, purple
Sapphirecommongemstone · Mohs 9blue, yellow, pink
Slatecommonmetamorphic · Mohs 2.5-4gray, black, green
Spinelcommonmineral · Mohs 7.5-8red, blue, green
Tanzaniteraregemstone · Mohs 6.5-7blue, violet, purple
Wonderstone Rhyolitecommonigneous · Mohs 5.5-6.5brown, tan, yellow
Abelsoniteraremineral · Mohs <3purple, pinkish red, reddish brown- No imageCalciomurmaniteraremineral · Mohs 2.5-3pale brown, purple
Cobaltkoritnigiteraremineral · Mohs 2-3dark pink, purple red, purple
Colinowensiteraremineral · Mohs ~4purple, dark blue- No imageDavisiteraremineral · Mohs 6purple, violet, black
Ellenbergeriteraremineral · Mohs 6.5colorless, purple, lilac
Ericaiteraremineral · Mohs 7-7.5red, purple, light green
Fluorapatitecommonmineral · Mohs 5colorless, sea-green, violet- No imageFluorcanasiteraremineral · Mohs 5purple
Grape Agatecommonmineral · Mohs 6.5-7purple, violet, lavender
Hexagonitemineral · Mohs 5-6pink, lilac, purple- No imageImperial Jaspercommonmineral · Mohs 6.5-7red, green, yellow
Kammereriteraremineral · Mohs 2-2.5violet, purple, magenta- No imageLeland Blueigneousblue, gray, green
Manganoeudialyteraremineral · Mohs 5-6pink, purple
Martiniteraremineral · Mohs 4colorless, purple
Metastibniteraremineral · Mohs 2-3red, purple, purple gray
Peatite-(Y)raremineral · Mohs ~3colorless, pale pink, purple
Phosphosideriteuncommonmineral · Mohs 3.5-4pink, colorless, purple
Purple Agatecommonmineral · Mohs 6.5-7purple, violet, lavender
Purple Fluorapatiteuncommonmineral · Mohs 5purple, violet
Purple Fluoritecommonmineral · Mohs 4purple, violet, lavender- No imagePurple Garnetraregemstone · Mohs 6.5-7.5purple, violet, reddish-purple
Purple Lepidolitecommonmineral · Mohs 2.5-3purple, lavender, lilac
Quartz Geodecommonmineral · Mohs 7colorless, white, purple
Ringwooditeraremineral · Mohs 6.5-7blue gray, colorless, light violet
Spiroffiteraremineral · Mohs ~3.5red, purple- No imageWoodalliteraremineral · Mohs 1.5-2purple, deep magenta
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