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Beautiful 12x6mm natural green amethyst briolette gemstone, featuring a delicate soft green colour, eye-clean clarity and elegant faceting. Ethically sourced from Brazil.
Description
Beautiful 12x6mm natural green amethyst briolette gemstone, featuring a delicate soft green colour, eye-clean clarity and elegant faceting.
Also known as prasiolite, green amethyst is a variety of quartz prized for its fresh green tone, excellent transparency and subtle brilliance. The elongated briolette cut is faceted around the entire gemstone, allowing light to reflect from multiple angles and creating graceful movement and sparkle.
Ethically sourced from Brazil and carefully cut by skilled craftspeople, this gemstone is ideal for drop earrings, pendants, necklaces, charms and bespoke fine jewellery.
Gemstone Details
- Gemstone: Green Amethyst
- Alternative name: Prasiolite
- Shape: Briolette
- Size: 12x6mm
- Cut: Fully faceted briolette
- Colour: Soft light green
- Clarity: Eye-clean
- Treatment: Heat treated
- Origin: Brazil
- Hardness: 7 on the Mohs scale
- Ethically sourced: Yes
Product Uses
Perfect for:
- Drop earrings
- Pendant necklaces
- Charm necklaces
- Statement earrings
- Beaded jewellery
- Bespoke jewellery
- Fine jewellery
- Jewellery making
The elongated 12x6mm shape is especially suitable for elegant hanging designs that showcase the gemstone’s movement and brilliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a briolette-cut gemstone?
A briolette is an elongated, three-dimensional gemstone covered with triangular or geometric facets. It is commonly used in earrings, pendants and other jewellery designs where the gemstone can hang freely.
Is green amethyst the same as prasiolite?
Yes. Green amethyst is commonly known as prasiolite. It is a green variety of quartz valued for its delicate colour and excellent clarity.
Is this green amethyst natural?
Yes. The gemstone is natural quartz. Its green colour is created through heat treatment, which is permanent and widely accepted in the gemstone industry.
What jewellery is a 12x6mm briolette suitable for?
This size is ideal for drop earrings, pendants, charm necklaces and bespoke jewellery designs.
Product use
All gemstones sold by Gemstones Brazil are carefully selected loose natural stones, suitable for jewellery making, bespoke designs, engagement rings, and fine jewellery creations.
Each gemstone is sold unset, giving designers and goldsmiths full flexibility to create custom pieces and tailored settings.
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