Purple fluorite is the violet color of fluorite, a real but soft mineral. It scratches easily, so it suits earrings and pendants better than a bracelet. We do not carry it; our fluorite is the closest match.
Halide · Fluorite
Purple Fluorite
Fluorita púrpura
- Palette
- Purple
- Mined in
- Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, United Kingdom, Mexico, Peru, United States
- Hardness
- Mohs 4.0 ?
- See-through
- transparent
- Known since
- 1530
- Named for
- Latin fluere, to flow, for its use as a smelting flux
- Also sold as
- violet fluorite, lavender fluorite, amethyst fluorite
- Intention
- Calm Strength
- Looking for
- Calm Focus and clarity Rest and meditation Change and decisions
- Water
- Keep it dry; wipe with a soft cloth
- Dye or finish
- No seller page we read says purple fluorite is dyed; it is sold as natural. Fluorite is soft and fades in strong sun.
Not in our pieces now
16 TONNES
The largest documented single fluorite crystal was a cube about 2.12 meters across that weighed roughly 16 tonnes.
GEORGE STOKES
George Gabriel Stokes named fluorescence in 1852 after fluorite, because many fluorite samples glow under ultraviolet light.
20 TONS
Leases in the 1700s capped Blue John output at 20 tons a year, and today only about half a ton is mined annually.
What it is
Purple fluorite is the violet to lavender color of fluorite, often clear to translucent with a glassy shine, sometimes banded with green or white. It is a real mineral, but soft, so beads show scratches easily.
What gives it its color
Fluorite takes its color from tiny impurities, natural radiation exposure and small flaws in the crystal lattice called color centers.
Where it comes from
Fluorite is mined in China, Mexico, Mongolia, Russia and South Africa. Famous purple crystals come from Asturias in Spain and from Derbyshire and Weardale in England.
In history
Pliny the Elder described a purple-and-white mottled stone that Roman buyers prized for cups, and the Crawford Cup, a Roman fluorite cup from AD 50 to 100, is in the British Museum. In the 1800s Derbyshire's purple-blue Blue John fluorite was mined at Castleton for ornaments.
What's said about it
In crystal lore, it is the stone people keep for calm, focus and clear decisions. It is said to suit study, quiet work and meditation.
Old Roman writers praised cups with veins running from purple to white. Some scholars guess that material was fluorite.
People wear it as earrings or a necklace, or keep it on a desk.
How people wear or keep it: As earrings or a necklace, on a desk, or in a meditation space.
In crystal practice
In the crystal tradition, purple fluorite is paired with the third eye and crown chakras, so practitioners rest it there during meditation or lie down with it in place for a few quiet minutes. Day to day, the same tradition suggests keeping it close: as earrings or a necklace, on a desk, in a meditation space. People reach for it when they want calm, focus and clarity, rest and meditation, and many set an intention when they put it on. Most practitioners cleanse a new stone first (running water only if the stone can take it, otherwise smoke or moonlight) and set it aside now and then to rest.
These are beliefs people have held and still hold about the stone, reported as such. Nothing here is a promise or a medical claim. We sell stones as jewelry, not for these effects.
Associations
The chakra and star sign this stone is usually matched with. These are popular traditions, not facts about the stone.
ChakraThird Eye, Crown
ZodiacPisces
ElementFire
Also calledviolet fluorite, lavender fluorite, amethyst fluorite
Care
- Soft at Mohs 4 and perfectly cleavable, so it scratches and chips easily; avoid hard knocks.
- Keep it apart from harder stones in a pouch or bag.
- Wipe with a soft dry or barely damp cloth; skip soaking, hot water, steam and ultrasonic cleaners.
- Take it off for cleaning, gardening and workouts, and store out of strong sun, since color in fluorite can fade.
How to tell what you have
- Fluorite is soft (hardness 4), so quartz or a steel point scratches it, and it has four split directions that give flat, shiny breaks.
- Natural purple often shows bands or zones of color and may glow blue under a UV light.
- Glass or dyed quartz is harder and shows no zoning.
What sets the price
Price follows how rich the purple is, how natural the color banding looks, and how well the beads are polished. Fluorite is soft and inexpensive, and a uniform, very hard-looking bead may be dyed glass.
Questions people ask at our table
What is purple fluorite?
It is the violet to lavender color of fluorite, a calcium fluoride mineral. The purple comes from impurities and natural color centers in the crystal.
Is purple fluorite the same as amethyst?
No. Amethyst is purple quartz and is much harder, at 7. Fluorite is only 4 and has perfect cleavage, so it scratches and splits more easily.
Is it hard enough for a bracelet?
It can be worn, but it is soft, so it suits earrings and pendants better than a bracelet that knocks against tables and doors. Beads show scratches quickly.
Does the color fade or are the beads dyed?
Natural fluorite color can fade with long strong light or heat. Beads in very even, intense purple may be dyed or glass, so ask the seller.
Do you carry it?
We do not carry purple fluorite. We carry fluorite itself, plus amethyst and lepidolite for a purple look.
Not in our pieces right now
Stones we do carry that are close to it are listed under related stones.
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